Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.019 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; "subject:' ": 0.07; 'guys.': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; '(at)': 0.16; 'finney': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:dates': 0.16; 'subject:sqlite3': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'machine': 0.22; 'otherwise,': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'setup,': 0.24; 'environment': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'point': 0.28; "i'm": 0.30; 'writes:': 0.31; 'interface': 0.32; 'computer.': 0.33; 'received:66': 0.35; 'subject: (': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'event,': 0.36; 'installing': 0.36; 'application': 0.37; 'so,': 0.37; 'requirements': 0.37; 'being': 0.38; 'ben': 0.38; 'gmail': 0.38; 'whatever': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'bad': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'devices': 0.61; 'back': 0.62; 'reach': 0.63; 'laptop': 0.65; 'between': 0.67; 'forth': 0.81; 'application?': 0.84; 'pc,': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: memilanuk Subject: Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:57:04 -0800 References: <4154cc37-0bb0-4bf2-a52c-b728c737357c@googlegroups.com> <54E517B4.4000409@stoneleaf.us> <85lhjuahsm.fsf@benfinney.id.au> <858ufua6ej.fsf@benfinney.id.au> <854mqia56m.fsf@benfinney.id.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.172.107.27 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.4.0 In-Reply-To: <854mqia56m.fsf@benfinney.id.au> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1424321833 news.xs4all.nl 2856 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:40647 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:85860 On 02/18/2015 08:36 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > memilanuk writes: > >> They would need to be able to set up the application (and whatever >> database) on their laptop or PC, wherever that may be, and spend their >> time administering the event, not the database engine. > > So, the database will only be accessed by exactly one application, on > exactly the same machine and storage as the application? If so, you > don't need concurrency. > > Otherwise, your database needs concurrency; and the person installing > the database will need to make a lot of decisions about the specific > network environment and devices to be allowed to access the database. > > But is this what you mean by your requirements not being met by SQLite? > In the past I've been waffling back and forth between a desktop client/server setup, or a web-based interface with everything on one computer. At this point I'm leaning toward the latter. -- Shiny! Let's be bad guys. Reach me @ memilanuk (at) gmail dot com