[mythtv] Interesting performance improvement
Isaac Richards
mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Wed, 20 Nov 2002 18:26:22 -0500
On Wednesday 20 November 2002 05:52 pm, rob wrote:
> About #2... I've been thinking for a while about trying to eliminate
> the database dependency entirely from MythTV. There aren't that many
> places in the code that do database accesses. Each complex query
> (accesses more than one table) would have to be coded manually. The
> data would be kept in flat files, and loaded into memory whenever the
> file on disk changed. The mythfilldatabase would generate the flat
> files. Since it's only a few megabytes, it would be quick to search
> through and wouldn't typically be swapped out from memory. It would
> make installation easier, since mysql wouldn't be a requirement and you
> wouldn't have to fight with the permissions inside the database.
Sorry, but that's not going to happen. The benefits of using a database far
outweigh the any minor setup issues due to requiring one.
Isaac