Topic: I hate databases...
Your forum is really simple and fast... that's good!
Unfortunately I hate databases... and I prefer forum in plain text. Mayb you could add such option in next releases...
Good work!
Re: I hate databases...
Having a plain text alternative would be very cool, but it would also involve a whole lot of coding. Frankly, I doubt I will ever add flatfile db support to PunBB. Sorry :/
"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."
Re: I hate databases...
There exists some textfile database projects, a few of them uses sql syntax, thats maybe a way to do it?
Re: I hate databases...
Yeah, that's an options. If anything, it would then be SQLite (which is bundled with PHP5 btw). It supports almost all of SQL92.
Edit: I've been checking out SQLite a bit, and it seems really cool. It's faaast!
Edit2: Checking out SQLite more thoroughly is now on the TODO-list.
"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."
Re: I hate databases...
Saving data into plain text would be very insecure.
"You start coding. I'll go find out what they want." - Computer Analyst to Programmer
Re: I hate databases...
Wouldn't it be, in principle, the same as having a "regular" database? I mean, the database is a file in both cases? And, at least in NIX, you have file permissions, right?
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Re: I hate databases...
I can't really see how using an embedded database system like SQLite should be more unsecure than i.e. running MySQL.
"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."