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Re: End of hypocrisy ?



Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Fourth, the same data in a SQL file takes up more space than in a text file.
> 
> Fifth, log files can easily be rotated in a text file; it is much harder
> with a SQL database.

Also text files compress well by compressing a large block of text all
at once.  It is efficient to keep a long history.  Rotated text files
are routinely compressed.  In a database it is hard to have the same
level of compression.

Bob

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