This is kind of a misleading subject line. Personally, I would say that if you
already have access to a SQL Server DB then you should stay with it. Trying to roll
your own flat file DB would be a whole new can of worms. Why waste your time
reinventing the wheel when you can work on the most efficient way to present your data
to your users?
Just my $.02.
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From: Andy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sat 1/3/2004 1:29 PM
To: beginners on perl.org
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Subject: Simple db - PERL vs MS SQL Server
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Options (as I see them):
1. Status quo - using RDMS
2. Large delimited flat file containg all records (are there concurrency
issues with locking, updating, etc)
3. Large xml file containing all records (imagine this would be fairly
inefficient in addition to 2's issues)
4. Large numer of small text files, each containg details of a single record
(files named after primary key of record)
