Any pure-python relational databases?

[David McNab]

On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 17:19:57 +0200, Justin paused, took a deep breath,
then came out with:

>>> While not relational, have you looked at Metakit?
> 
>> Thank YOU, Wayne!!! :)))
> 
> Be careful, though: the metakit page states that
> "There is no multi-user support", so I am not sure
> this is the ideal choice for a web-app. Unless the
> web clients just fetch dynamic pages and don't need
> to _write_ to the db... I have been intrigued by the
> library myself, but always thought this warning must
> be there for a reason...

Cave-man solution - lockfiles and wait loops.

If a website is so busy that waiting on locks risks maxing out the 30
second cgi limit, then presumably traffic is high enough to justify
getting a better server.