[Seaside] Database

[Germán Arduino]

Very good abstract Ramiro. Thanks!

We wait the next :)

Cheers.


2007/4/16, Ramiro Diaz Trepat <ramirodt at gmail.com>:
> This is a possible flame generating question.
> I am no "senior member", but I'll tell you my brief experience:
>
>
> OmniBase
> Discard if you intend to use the free version with Squeak.
>
>
> Magma
> Excellent code integration, probably the most elegant of all.
> Can run as server and client images separately.
> Has a great query language that no one else has
> Has special classes for large collections that you can create indexes to
> specific attributes
> Has programmable ReadStrategies
> Has excellent support from its creator Chris Muller, and the list.
> The bad thing: It is a bit too slow.  Both for inserting and for querying,
> even on mid sized collections (a few thousand elements) with indexes and
> optimal read strategies can still be pretty slow.
>
> Glorp / Postgres
> I'm just starting to test this, but it seems to run _real_ fast.
> It is A LOT more work to do the initial set up (OR mappings).
>
> On 4/16/07, Rajeev Lochan < lochan94 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear Members,
> > Even I was interested in knowing the pros and cons of these DBs. It would
> be
> > great if senior members post with the advantages of Magma or Goods over
> one
> > another.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rajeev
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  On 4/17/07, Todd Blanchard <tblanchard at mac.com> wrote:
> > > Lots of people are using postgres with glorp.
> > >
> > > -Todd Blanchard
> > >
> > > On Apr 16, 2007, at 10:43 AM, Luke Ivers wrote:
> > >
> > > > In the one place I really found any in depth-information, it showed
>  > > > creating a DB connection each time you wanted to access information
> > > > stored in a GOODS based DB... is this the suggested method of
> > > > retrieving database information?
> > > >
> > > > Also, is GOODS the only suggested resource for storing DB
> > > > information?  I see that there is a Postgre DB client written for
> > > > Squeak, I was hoping to be able to use some kind of ORM to be able
> > > > to access a different DB than GOODS... is that possible?
> > > >
> > > > I intend to start on creating a tutorial as part of my learning
> > > > experience (I find that writing down how I did things not only
> > > > helps others to do the same things, but solidifies my knowledge of
> > > > what I'm doing).
> > > >
> > > > I am going to start out attempting to write my own blog software,
> > > > followed by a couple of more complex projects, hopefully
> > > > documenting my each step along the way.
> > > >
> > > > However, I am at a loss as far as DB connectivity goes... can
> > > > anyone point me to a guide on this, or give me a few pointers on
> > > > how I should be accomplishing it?
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