[webdev] Re: Just an Idea

[Tom Hull <thull@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Clint Brubakken wrote:
> 
> Most zope experts I've talked to, don't use an external database for
> anything except for intergration with non zope things. Most use the zope
> object oriented database exclusively to store the objects.

I can't say as I'm surprised, but that just reinforces my nervousness
about using zope. In the long run, most of the value in the web site
is in the database. In an RDBMS that value is easy to extract/reuse;
in an ODBMS it often isn't. The ODBMS probably works better for what
it currently implements, but is probably harder to extend and harder
to interface and harder to maintain, etc. I'd like to get some sort
of handle on how much harder that is, and I'm having a lot of trouble
here because the only things I can find to read are descriptions of
objects (which by their nature are supposed to be opaque).

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