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Re: Managing a database under Linux
MySQL will handle 200 students quite efficiently.
I said it is _overkill_. It can handle large databases,
even a million students. But since you only have 200,
you don't need to install it and take the hit
of extra memory usage and management (MySQL has a
small memory foot-print, though).
A dbm file will easily work with 10,000 (it obsiously
depends on what you are storing or what kind of searches
you want to conduct) and is very easy to work with in Perl.
Note that dbm files (or flatfiles) are just what they appear to be,
and by no means allow you to use SQL syntax to query them (um, nobody
implemented such a thing as far as I know - useless anyhow).
However, I doubt you'll miss that much.
Noam Bloom wrote:
>
> Why? What number of students do you think MySQL will handle efficiently?
>
> Omer wrote:
>
> > Fah, MySQL for 200 students?
> > Why not opt for Oracle or DB2...
> >
> > Now that's what I call overkill.
> >
> > Use perl and a dbm-styled database (gdbm, whatnot).
> >
> > Even a simple flat-file would do.
> >
> > Mike wrote:
> > >
> > > MySQL
> > >
> > > If u want i can do it 4 u.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > Noam Bloom wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > > I'm in charge of creating a CS grades database for my school. The
> > > > general idea is that each student may view his grades without the need
> > > > for any password, and the teachers can have a nice interface to change
> > > > the grades. As obvious, the teachers must enter some sort of
> > > > identification along with a password, and the database has to be secure.
> > > >
> > > > Can you recommend a good software to be used? The database will consist
> > > > of approx. 200 students' grades.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Noam
> > > >
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