catalogue hosted in SQL

[irweazel]

i know that the catalogue file is a very basic kind of SQL database, what i would love to be able to do it move the back end into a full SQL database which would give a lot more stability and performance, anyone seen any hints of this or a way to make it possible?


cheers

chris

 

[DonRicklin]

It's sQlite and no such change possible AFAIK. They will be changing it themselves, eventually because that will be the only way to move on the Multiuser, which is much requested.

Don

 

[Mark Sirota]

Out of curiosity, what do you mean by "a full SQL database"? SQL is a programming language, not a database or a software package or anything like that. It is used by most database implementations these days. Some implementations offer more stability and performance than others.

LR uses SQLite, which is a pretty nice little serverless database implementation. What would you propose to use, if you could actually choose for yourself?

 

[irweazel]

sorry should have been a little clearer, a full SQL database meaning one that could be hosted onto a proper SQL server i.e. MS SQL or MySQL

i.e. an advanced install option so that you could choose to install it onto a seperate server - it could make lightroom faster and more managable in large environments i.e. large catalogue and possible multiple users if the locks could be managed

 

[DonRicklin]

As I said. This will be coming.Just not right away.

Don

 

[irweazel]

thanks for clearing up the speculation, look forward to this (although not sure how far forward )