[Zope] - Multiple database files

[Tim Fraser]

Rob Page wrote:

> > I was thinking of some of my development problems with Zope -- for
> > example, it's difficult to work on code at home, tar it up, bring it
> > to work and change it some more, take it home again ... -- and
> > realized that being able to split up the object database into multiple
> > files could help.  Imagine if you could have several Data.bbb files,
> > each holding some subset of the database's objects.  This might be
> > done by specifying into which file an object goes; the object's
> > children go into the same file, unless they're explicitly moved into
> > another file.
>
> Independent of implementation concerns (boy, that was easy!) I agree.
> I'd also like to see that woven into sessions.  Specifically, I'd like
> to check out a sub-tree to a file, take it on the road and tweak it.
> Since I've got the folder in a session I would essentially have it
> locked for writing.
>
> When I got back I would replay the transactions into the main site.
>
> --Rob

Great for saving phone bills!!!   "Check out" would allow for further
development
unattached to the internet/ISP.  Huge demand for this feature!!!

Tim Fraser