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Re:What are the best non-database solutions you've seen? Wha... by mattjaynes on Thursday April 19, 2007 @10:44AM (#14612)
Awesome info, thanks ;)
Re:What are the best non-database solutions you've seen? Wha... by jkush on Thursday April 19, 2007 @10:49AM (#14615)
Sure, glad you found it useful!

A few months ago, I created a silly little sudoku site, then blogged about how I did it with no database backend (man, I got flamed). Truth is, I really didn't need one but lots of people couldn't see past the fact that I wasn't using the conventional database approach. In their minds, there was simply no reason why I should have used a few flat files.

The whole idea of databases and flat files is such a polarizing topic. It's terribly interesting.