MV3.12: Do I NEED MySQL?

[John Foster <jfoster@augustmail.com>]

mikeh@minivend.com wrote:
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> Quoting John Foster (jfoster@augustmail.com):
> > As I mentioned earlier I have a large database (and It will be larger)
> > of 99,916 items. I can build and manipulate these databases with Lotus
> > Approach and produce a products.asc file that adheres to the
> > current(simple.cat) format. I tried doing that and the catalog tried to
> > load (I guess). I let it try for about 7 minutes. Then the thing just
> > locked up and I had to close the browser window to clear it. It was at
> > that point that I figured that I need SQL.I want to know if I really
> > NEED an SQL server to use Minivend with a DB of this size. I have read
> > the (very skimpy) instructions regarding MiniVend and SQL servers and it
> > seems to me that MV actually imports the database into its internal DB
> > manager anyway. Regardless of where they are generated from. Is that
> > correct? If that is the case then I don't see the need for SQL in my
> > setup. I only have 3 fields in my MV DB anyway: code description ,
> > price.
> 
> This is just import time; your database is never really being
> created. If you use the offline import method as detailed in the docs
> it should work fine.
> 
> I have users who use the MV internal database with a million records.
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THANK YOU! I was already putting on the climbing boots for what I
consider to be a VERY steep learning curve. The leap into minivend is
taxing my time limits now. Trying to master SQL at the same time is
probably nuts. I will work on using the standard DB format as I intended
from the outset and try to learn how to speed up the process.
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