On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 5:19 AM, Khalid Al-Ghamdi <emailkg...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi all, > > I'm trying to create an app that schedules 3000 to 5000 trainees' > practical exams. > > All the trainees basic info (name, badge, major, etc.) is in excel and i've > managed to convert it into a HUGE list via a csv.reader object. > > My question is: is this the right way to go or should i use sqlight3 > instead? > > thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > I would first start with all my fields and understanding how they relate to each other. The student/course situation you may be describing is often used as an example in sql tutorials since it is easy to understand and lends itself to a nice discussion about joins.
The size of your data set isn't really a problem. Thousands of records are a lot to look at on a printout, but not a big deal for a computer script (python) or a database endgine (sqlite3). -- Joel Goldstick _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
