Re: Re: [iPAQ] GPE - GNU PDA Environment

On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 21:27:15 +0100
Tom <tom_at_lemuria.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 08:36:08PM +0100, Nils Faerber wrote:
> > So we have at least a lock on writes; though this lock locks the whole
> > database and not only the affected table :(
> so? how often will you be using more than one app at the same time (not
> sequentially, jumping from one to the other, but really within the
> lifetime of the lock) on a PDA device?
Surely this will not happen too often.
But devices become smarter by the minute and maybe we will soon see
devices that are almost always "connected" in some way and which will need
multiple write access to at least different tables.
But sure, for now that's no real problem. It would have been nicer,
though.

> I very strongly suggest that we agree on a database backend. there are
> tons of advantages and opportunities for a common storage mechanism. I
> really thing the DB is to the data what the filesystem is to the
> programs.
Sure ;)
That's why I proposed to use SQL in the first place.
And what we learned from the discussions of the last two days is that it
seems to really be the best choice. Isn't that nice? We can really be sure
now ;)
CU
  nils faerber

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