Pickle or Mysql

Paul Rubin http
Fri Mar 31 23:33:46 EST 2006


amaltasb at gmail.com writes:
> Can I use Pickle to store about 500,000 key value pairs.. or should I
> use mySql. Which one is best for performance, as the key value pair
> increases.

That's an awfully large pickle.  Maybe you want shelve.  If there
are frequent updates, multiple clients, etc., then yes, use a database
like mysql.



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