SQL backend consolidation

[Maximilian Kossick]

On Wednesday 15 August 2007, Ian Monroe wrote:
> Markey and I were talking about how we should perhaps drop Postgresql
> and Sqlite, and just use MySQL embedded (in-process mysql support) and
> perhaps support external MySQL as well.
>
> The primary advantage would be we'd have less to support. Just MySQL.
> Supporting sqlite, mysql and postgresql has been a real burden. The
> secondary advantage is the MySQL 5 is almost a real database and it
> has a lot of features we could take advantage of. Views, probably more
> consistency checking. Currently we are held back by the limited subset
> of SQL that sqlite supports. Also recent versions of sqlite have been
> having corruption fixes.
>
> What do folks think?
> Ian

Has anybody found out yet which database Nepomuk will use?

The corruption problems with sqlite are a problem, but do we actually need 
advanced SQL features like views?

Max


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