I need to do the following:
* use Archetypes to create new types for a library 'subsystem" on my  
plone site - book, author.
* There will be about 3000 books.
* Need to let any member (we have about 1000 members) search, browse  
for a book
* Need to let the librarian update, delete, add new books and review  
some reports - database sorted in different ways, and maybe some others.

Currently the database of books is in MS Access and Access is used to  
create a couple of simple reports which I will move to Plone.

Is this enough information to make a decision?  What would you choose  
for the AT storage?

Thanks,

David
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David Diskin, david.diskin(at)verizon.net

On Wednesday 05 October 2005 04:30 pm, David Diskin wrote:[...]

Do you need simultaneous editing access from both a relational database 
and Plone? If so, you might have to keep it in a reldb.

If not (& you probably don't), using standard AT, stored in the ZODB, is 
always, hands-down, the easiest and fastest.

And, you might be able to use some of the good work in ATAmazon, which 
lets you enter an ISBN and pull images and data from Amazon's API.

- j.
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Joel -

Thanks much - I do not need simultaneous editing access to both.  In  
fact, if I go the zodb route, i'll just (hopefully) convince the  
librarian to only use our plone site and abandon her stand alone ms  
access database.  Thanks for the tip on ATAmazon.

Best regards,

David

On Oct 5, 2005, at 4:36 PM, Joel Burton wrote:
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David Diskin, david.diskin(at)verizon.net