Is it just me, or is Sqlite3 goofy?

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Tue Sep 12 14:45:01 EDT 2006


mensanator at aol.com wrote:
> Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> 
>>mensanator at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>So, knowing that, would you agree that
>>>
>>><quote Python Library Reference 13.13>
>>>If switching to a larger database such as PostgreSQL or Oracle
>>>is later necessary, the switch should be relatively easy.
>>></quote>
>>>
>>>is misleading if not outright untruthful?
>>
>>eh?  if you've never migrated *from* SQLite to some other database, how
>>can *you* possibly know *anything* about how hard or easy it is?
> 
> 
> Because I can extrapolate. I *know* before even trying it that
> if I export all my data from a sqlite db to a csv file and then try
> to import it into Access that there will be problems if the fields
> aren't static typed.
> 
> That's one of the reasons why I was such a good test engineer.
> I could anticipate problems the design engineers didn't think of
> and I would deliberately provoke those problems during testing
> and crash their hardware/software.
> 
> I wasn't very popular.
> 
Strange, that, what with your excess of personal charm and great powers 
of diplomacy. People can be so touchy, can't they?

regards
  Steve
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