[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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