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I noticed that during a fresh install the default
database has changed form Gladius to (in my case) MySQL.
Does this mean that, in the opinion of the developers, MySQL is
the preferred database engine for DrakeCMS? Will you be
supporting the Gladius (or another flat-file) database in the
future?
I hope one of the developers can shed some
light on this matter.
AWRog
trex1512
Re: Gladius database
25 October 2007 13:17
Anonymous
Quote:
Does this mean that, in
the opinion of the developers, MySQL is the preferred database
engine for DrakeCMS?
If we did we would say
so..there is no prefered as such, its what you prefer or what
your webhost will allow.
Quote:
Will you be supporting the Gladius (or another
flat-file) database in the future?
Of course,
Gladius is Drake CMS...if you only knew how many hours have been
put into the development of Gladius you would not have asked
trex1512
awrog
Re: Gladius database
25 October 2007 13:56
Anonymous
Thanks for your reply.
I do know the efforts for the
Gladius database. It could very well be used for other purposes
on low-end systems. I always try to convince php programmers who
are using some sort of data-base to use gladius instead of a
plain ordinary ascii file.
Glad to see you will be
using gladius in the future, that way I can recommend Drakecms
wholeheartedly to others.
AWRog
legolas558
Re: Gladius database
25 October 2007 16:37
Anonymous
Gladius DB will always be supported and I also plan to let it
emerge from the dust as a more separate and definite project.
If you think about it, it is a complete DBMS and could be
used instead of custom flatfile databases preserving the SQL92
standard; that's why it is so handy, as you pointed out.
The order of DBMSes changed because - even if I spent months
developing Gladius DB for Drake CMS (and for everybody, of
course) - I still suggest the usage of a real DBMS when
available.
The current order of DBMSes is from the
most efficient to the least efficient (roughly, since I have
never tested databases except MySQL, SQLite and Gladius DB ).
With this change I only intend to say "if you can,
get a good DBMS, otherwise use Gladius DB". I am not
saying that Gladius DB is not well-programmed or not efficient,
because (considering the really few bugs we had with it) I
consider it a little jewel and I am wondering how I could write
it. I am just saying that since it uses flat files it will
never reach the performance of other DBMSes (on the average
use).
Thanks for the nice words, and keep help us at
spreading Drake CMS and Gladius DB as free open source products!
Gladius database 
