bsddb3 vs zodb

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi,

> > Isn't DB3 a relational database?  Since ZODB is clearly not, we're
> > going to end up just comparing the "pros and cons" of relational
> > versus object-oriented databases, I think.
> 
> DB2 is a relational database from IBM.
> 
> dbm/ndbm/gdbm/Berkeley DBM/Sleepcat BSDDB are all associative
> databases.  (I just made up that term. :) They associate a key (a
> string) to a value (another string).

Although BSDDB does have a relational join routine.  But you're right,
it isn't a relational database.


Ralph.