[GRASS-dev] sqlite and grass64

[Markus Neteler]

Hamish,

On 1/11/08, Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Eric:
> > Are there any instances where the dbf driver can do some
> > functionality that the sqlite driver cannot? I use the sqlite driver
> > all the time for my work with no problems.
>
> DBF works "out of the box" on all platforms and is as well tested and
> implimented as these things get. Its problems are well known.

... but not solved.
Also for me table joins, math SQL is essential.

> AFAIU SQLite (by default) stores the DBs for all vector maps in a
> single file per mapset. This makes it hard to share individual vector
> maps and may have LFS issues when your data + mapset gets to be huge.
> (??)

I am sure that we could rather easily change this to map-wise
storage or make it optional.

Markus

> There is no question that SQLite has decades better functionality.
>
>
> 2c more,
> Hamish