bsddb for simple database [very basic]

[Jerry Gitomer]

Artur Skura wrote:

> I need very simple database functionality for a weblog.
> 
> (Most things generally available are very heavy, require
> Potgres/MySQL/PHP/whatever - this one will be just a little
> boa+a couple of cgi scripts, very flexible and easy to
> maintain).
> 
> I thought about using one of the standard db modules, like
> bsddb. (First thing i have found is that documentation is quite
> scarce. I've seen some examples of using marshal with bsddb,
> but this seems like too much now.)
> 
> I need to set up a simple database:
> 
> * key
> * name
> * date
> * comment
> 
> What is the simplest way to do that?
> 
> If I do
> 
> mydb["0"] = "foo"
> 
> etc, I will just have standard dictionary pairs, with strings.
> I need records. How do I do that?
> 
> Is there a document describing bsddb Python interface in more
> detail than the few words in the documentation?
> 
> Regards,
> Artur

        An alternative that you should consider is gadfly.  It is a 
fairly complete subset of the 92 ANSI SQL RDBMS standard with a 
Python interface.  If you are familiar with any SQL database you 
will be comfortable with gadfly.

-- 
Jerry Gitomer
Once I learned how to spell DBA, I became one