Pickle or Mysql

amaltasb at gmail.com amaltasb at gmail.com
Fri Mar 31 23:37:06 EST 2006


So, Is Shelve a perfect solution (besides Mysql), to store large
key/value pairs, and which are updated frequently by multiple clients.

Thanks

Paul Rubin wrote:
> 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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