[CS-FSLUG] Church Management Software
Micah Yoder
yoderm at gmail.com
Thu Apr 10 22:52:31 CDT 2008
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Robert Wohlfarth <rbwohlfarth at gmail.com> wrote:
> A lot of churches - especially the ones looking for free (cost)
> software - have modest amounts of active data. I'm not sure if
> performance is that much of a problem.
>
> A database adds complexity. It must be managed, supported, etc... The
> cost, in this case, isn't money. Volunteers face a steeper learning
> curve.
Have you really used a database? Not to sound sarcastic but with those
arguments it doesn't sound like you really understand what they're all
about. Storing structured relational data in text files just isn't a
good idea. I don't even believe it would be easier in any way. Code
to parse and re-write the files would certainly be more than the
couple lines it takes to do an SQL query.
> Which issue would cause the most frustration for a user? Waiting an
> extra five seconds once a week, or spending 40 hours repairing
> corrupted binary data followed by another 20 hours catching up on
> halted work?
PostgreSQL and SQLite are both ACID compliant, guaranteeing data
consistency. No text file can come close to that.
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