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Re:When should you store serialized objects in the database?... by PretzelFisch on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @12:54PM (#11816006)
So, my question after storing xml in a database and using their xml features to build indexes is this. Are you looking for a database or a search engine? what will you gain from a database if you are not using it's features, over saving to disk and building a query index?
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Re:When should you store serialized objects in the database?... by bvinc on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @02:24PM (#11816879)
What you would gain is the ease, simplicity, and stability of using your favorite sql engine. You get ACID transactions and the ability to add and remove from large lists using low memory, for free.
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Re:When should you store serialized objects in the database?... by longshorej on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @01:21PM (#11816259)
Replication is a big advantage that's hard to replicate to the same degree with ZFS or rsync.
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