Re: Filesystem as database (was Re: [Gnumed-devel] address@hidden: Announcing the OpenHRE.org Portal])

[Horst Herb]

On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 10:28, Tim Churches wrote:
> > > BTW ,  just as idle conjecture, what would the performance of a record
> > > system that is directories "a  b c d ..." and patient
> > > surname, firstnames, date of birth  as file names, and records as text
> > > files , perform like, say with 10,000 patients?

Ask Alex Caldwell of TkFamilyPractice fame - I believe this is what he is / 
was doing

Horst