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Re: When is a flat file DB not enough?by sierrathedog04 (Hermit) |
| on Jul 03, 2001 at 21:02 UTC ( [id://93580]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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By default the Apache webserver uses flat .htpasswd files to store user id's and encrypted passwords. One can upgrade from a flat file to a real RDBMS if performance requires it.
And I have read that performance may require it if there are more than a few hundred users. So, a rough estimate is that your flat file should not exceed more than a few hundred lines. However, YYMV.
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