Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!ugle.unit.no!nuug!ulrik!tarjeij From: tarjeij@ulrik.uio.no (Tarjei Jensen) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: Clipper: Okay, now I'm really pissed Message-ID: Date: 30 Apr 91 13:35:04 GMT References: <1991Apr27.210921.9751@anomaly.sbs.com> <27535@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1991Apr28.230635.9117@pegasus.com> <1991Apr29.112508.23017@anomaly.sbs.com> Sender: news@ulrik.uio.no (Mr News) Organization: University of Oslo, Norway Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: mpd@anomaly.sbs.com's message of 29 Apr 91 11:25:08 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: ulrik If one considers the possibility of users using different computers then a database with preferences seems like a good idea. Also when one want's to use a server, but are unwilling to allocate space for individual users on the server. I think most people would feel more safe with the database approach; less chance of a scrambeled configuration??? Other possibilities; store information about e.g. arrival of mail in config record. This allows other applications to inform the user about these events. The possibilities are endless. -- // Tarjei T. Jensen - if it ain't broken, fix it anyway! // tarjeij@ulrik.uio.no || +47 87 21138 // Working, but not speaking for the Norwegian National Library.