Re: sharing the database



On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 13:20 -0600, Gabriel Burt wrote:
> 
> There was a bug filed about this recently:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=323966

> I don't think MySQL would offer us any advantages here;

I see.  sqlite is more flexible that I thought it was.  I had an idea
for some reason that it had no concurrency support.  However there is
the issue of sharing the DB on an NFS share.

In my situation, the multiple users are on different machines with data
shared via NFS.

> we can do shared
> databases with sqlite just by altering permissions.

But the sharing on NFS issue still haunts.

> Mysql would be a
> large dependency to introduce for a desktop app.

Hrm.  Not if it's use is optional.  Like a "Preference" to use a mysql
database if one cares to.

> I think the feature idea is a good one and something for which somebody
> should propose a UI.

I did comment roughly in the bug.

b.

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Brian J. Murrell

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