[mythtv-users] mythtv dropping mysql???

John Marshall mythtv at marshallparty.org
Sat Oct 18 14:29:05 UTC 2014


On 10/18/2014 8:42 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> With an off-the-shelf database like mysql those tools are, of course,
> freely available. To write your own embedded database means writing your
> own tools and that process will itself generate its own limitations and
> bugs.

That would be a lot of work, both to develop the solution and convert 
the existing access code.  Speculating, but I think they'd use an 
existing embedded solution, like MySQL embedded or SQLite.  It looks 
like Myth uses QT's database abstractions, so (in theory) changing 
database providers is relatively easy.  Switching to embedded MySQL 
likely ensures all the existing SQL still works (in the case any of it 
is non-standard).  In that case there would be tools to work with the 
data if one so chose, and perhaps even a choice between embedded and 
server MySQL if they want to allow that.


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