Re: Opinions needed

On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 15:45 -0500, Al wrote: > > Robert Cummings wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 15:26 -0500, Al wrote: > >> I'm scripting a light-weight, low volume signup registry for a running club. > >> Folks sign up to volunteer for events and the like. There will generally be a > >> handful of signup registries at any one time. A typical registry will only > >> contain 50 to 100 names. Each registry is only in existence for a month or so. > >> > >> I really don't see the advantage of using a real DB [e.g., mySQL,] for this. > >> Don't need any special searching, etc. > >> > >> Am thinking of using a simple serialized array file for each registry; or, using > >> Pear Cache_lite. Cache_lite has several nice functions I can take advantage of. > >> In spite of its name, it can be configured to be permanent. > >> > >> I'd just go ahead and use Cache_lite; but, I'm always reluctant to use a > >> Pear > >> package for fear it may not be updated for for future php releases, etc. I aways > >> aim to keep maintenance to a minimum. > >> > >> Anyone had experience with Cache_Lite? Anyone have an opinion on the > >> alternatives or maybe another storage approach? > > > > By writing this email you've already spent about as much time as it > > would take to set up an SQL database and just start coding. > > > > Cheers, > > Rob. > > True, but, the website is on a shared host which means someone must setup and > maintain the DB and my code has to create and remove tables, as needed. Plus, > someone must keep the login parms in sync between the DB and my code. Check if sqllite is available. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP