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The main reason we went with XML is that it's a human-readable(ish) format which just about everything can work with. SQL, on the other hand, while the biggest standard in the database world, still behaves slightly differently depending on whether you're using MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL, or what have you. And at the end of the day you still need to get the data out into something that can be...
2009-07-22 21:50:13 UTC by azarchs
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I should also mention that I started out looking for a database-based product. But ended up preferring the XML implementation because it is so much easier to make global changes.
For example, I wanted to add the same Photographer to every picture in the Album, and it could even have been done with NotePad's Replace All button, replacing <photographer></photographer> with...
2009-07-19 01:26:05 UTC by adiant
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OK, this isn't the feature-rich All Singing, All Dancing Bear that everyone seems to be looking for. But, after testing WordPress' built-in Gallery, the Open Source Gallery Project software, Coppermine Photo Gallery software and NextGEN Gallery WordPress plug-in, this was the first piece of software that didn't die on memory errors when loading my photos. I'm even using an obsolete digital...
2009-07-19 01:17:13 UTC by adiant
