[opencms-dev] Best way?

[Marius Oancea]

Anatol wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> I'm at a point where I have to choose one way (of min. two ways) for 
> the next steps. I've to handle many datasets. Perhaps up to 10.000. 
> The normal way is to create a database and some tables where to put in 
> the data. There I can serach and manage all the content I need.
>
> Whats now with opencms? There are structert XML content files. All 
> sounds very good, but for what it should be used and for what not?!

This is a very good question. The most profound question i heard on that 
forum.

I will have the same problem soon.

>
> Is it possible and wise to create for every dataset an new 
> xml-content-file like a row in a table? 

I did that but for about 500 xmls.

> Can I serach over all the files to get a special collection? 

You can search using lucene fielded search. Lucene search is not the 
best idea but is possible. Another posibility is to use bruteforce 
(iterate and filter).

> for example I have a list of thousand of books, and want to collect 
> all the files describing books written between 1830 and 1920, or I 
> want to selcet all the books from one author? If it is possible, whats 
> about the performance? Would opencms grow up to a killerapp?
>
good question again. For 10000 entries ..... hmm. I'd take the bridge 
you described below from performance point of view.
We all have to think seriously at these questions if we want OpenCms 
pushed fwd. Maybe creating a XML database to be able to optimally seache 
the documents .....

> This approach is a documentoriantated like using by "Lotus Notes". Is 
> opencms ready for such a way? Or is it better to built a "bridge" 
> between a normal database and the opencms structure?
>
I know I'm not of very much help but I very courious about mailinglist 
reaction.

> Greetings
> Anatol
>
>
>
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