From kde-core-devel Sun Sep 21 22:05:00 2003 From: Benjamin Meyer Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 22:05:00 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: Proposal: Encouraging DB-using applications X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=106418215216747 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 21 September 2003 3:38 am, Guillaume Laurent wrote: > On Sunday 21 September 2003 04:11, Roberto Alsina wrote: > > While Qt has gained in versions 3.x a decent support for the development > > of applications that require access to databases, it is rare to find a > > KDE app that uses that support. > > > > Why? Because the drivers included with Qt are for databases that require > > some administration, and thus are not a realistic requirement for a > > regular user. > > Another reason could be : because no KDE application has any need for a DB. > I can't think of any existing KDE app which would have a use for it. > > DBs are useful when you need to sort through massive amounts of data in > various ways. In most cases, given today's machines power, grepping through > a flat text file will be more than enough to satisfy the data-related needs > of an application. > > So while I think a nice DB driver could always be useful, I'm afraid that > it will be overused in ways akin to "using a hammer to break an egg". Sounds like the perfect job for an address book.... :-D - -- Public Key: http://www.csh.rit.edu/~benjamin/public_key.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE/biCQ1rZ3LTw38vIRAhRWAJ0ToM9bGNggSKN1R3Upr5lx//3kzQCfYBl9 R2I7CH2SxMEydOqmmMyQJio= =1Z1C -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----