[ZODB-Dev] zodb/zope architecture

[Kenneth McCracken]

On Thu, 23 May 2002, Steve Alexander wrote:


> Kenneth McCracken wrote:
> > Is it feasible to drop a different database with similar function to zodb
> > into the middle of zope?
> 
> The ZODB represents an abstraction layer over any particular database 
> you might want.
> 
> So, you have to write a ZODB interface to the database you want to use.

Wow, that was fast!

So any database that can emulate zodb could replace it within zope?

Ken

> 
> How easy it is to write such an interface depends how closely the 
> assumptions and constraints on your database match those of the ZODB.
> 
> The ZODB already has back-ends for FileStorage (the default), the 
> Berkeley Database, and Oracle.
> 
> --
> Steve Alexander
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