<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system --> <!--X-From-R13: f001tzhNabin.jevtug.rqh --> <!--X-Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:02:14 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.PMDF.3.95.980616135405.541109168A-100000#nova,wright.edu --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199806161722.KAA04406#under,engr.sgi.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg01074.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01076.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg01074.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01081.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01075">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01075">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01075">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</A></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 13:58:35 -0400 (EDT)</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, J C Lawrence wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 10:46:20 -0400 (EDT) > s001gmu <s001gmu#nova,wright.edu> wrote: > > > We're working on using either CQL++ (if they will ever get back to > > me! grumble) or mSQL for our DB back end. > > I haven't confirmed this, but I've read several reports that both > MySQL and mSQL both have performance/scalability problems with large > databases. You may want to investigate this area. Can you point me at any particular sites/sources? I've dinked around with it a bit, and it seems spiffy, for smaller-medium sized stuff, but I've not really put it through it's paces. > > Did they write anything about the MUSH DB expiriement, btw? I'd > > love to get my hands on any documents they produced. > > I've only read references to it. I suspect that all the real > discussion occurred on Marcus Ranum's Wizard list, which was in many > ways the equivalent of MUD-Dev 10 years ago (and sadly seems to be > last as far as archives are concerned). ^^^^ - lost? fooey > > JC uses an OO DB, but not a pre-packaged one, if I recall. There > > has been a lot of discussion about OO DBs in the past, and some > > minor discussion about RDBs. > > My current implementation uses a linear TDBM descendant. In moving > towards more of a persistent store model I've gone towards Persist++ > and Texas munged into my prior TDBM-like model (and have ended up with > a right load of bollocks, if a set of interesting proof cases). *blink blink* auf english, bitte? my DB terminology stops right about where I stopped writing in my post... ;) -Greg </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="01081" HREF="msg01081.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> J C Lawrence <claw#under,engr.sgi.com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="01074" HREF="msg01074.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> J C Lawrence <claw#under,engr.sgi.com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01074.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01076.html">[MUD-Dev] what's fun?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01074.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01081.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#01075"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#01075"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="01163" HREF="msg01163.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 22 Jun 1998, 22:51 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00978" HREF="msg00978.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</A></strong>, T. Alexander Popiel <a href="mailto:popiel#beldin,snugharbor.com">popiel#beldin,snugharbor.com</a>, Thu 11 Jun 1998, 21:46 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01070" HREF="msg01070.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</A></strong>, s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Tue 16 Jun 1998, 14:49 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01074" HREF="msg01074.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 16 Jun 1998, 17:25 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01075" HREF="msg01075.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</A></strong>, s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Tue 16 Jun 1998, 18:02 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01081" HREF="msg01081.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 16 Jun 1998, 18:44 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01152" HREF="msg01152.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 20 Jun 1998, 08:20 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01153" HREF="msg01153.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</A></strong>, Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Sat 20 Jun 1998, 13:41 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01200" HREF="msg01200.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Databases: was Re: skill system</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 25 Jun 1998, 05:52 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>