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Choosing an SQL Server
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Since Evennia uses `Django <http://djangoproject.com>`_, most of our
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notes are based off of what we know from the community and their
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documentation. While the information below may be useful, you can always
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find the most up-to-date and "correct" information at Django's `Notes
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about supported
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Databases <http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/databases/#ref-databases>`_
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page.
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SQLite
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------
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This is the default database used, and for the vast majority of sites
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out there, will probably be more than adequate. No server process is
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needed, the administrative overhead is tiny (as is resource
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consumption). The database will appear as a simple file
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(``game/evennia.db`` by default). Purging your database is just a matter
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of deleting this file and re-running the database creation commands in
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GettingStarted.
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It is not tested how well Evennia performs with SQLite under a heavier
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load, but it should probably be fine given the relative simplicity of
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our applications.
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**Note:** If you run Windows and for some reason need to use a
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third-party web server like Apache rather than Evennia's internal web
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server, sqlite is probably not be the best choice. This is due to the
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possibility of clashes with file-locking of the database file under
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Windows.
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Postgres
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--------
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This is Django's recommended DB engine, and the one that we recommend
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for all sites aspiring to grow to a larger size. While not as fast as
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SQLite for simple purposes, it will scale infinitely better than SQLite,
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especially if your game has an extensive web presence.
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MySQL
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-----
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While perfectly reasonable to deploy under, the MySQL driver for Django
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has some very slight oddities (at the time of this document's writing)
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that probably don't affect our usage case that much (if at all). Make
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sure you look at the aforementioned `Notes about supported
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Databases <http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/databases/#ref-databases>`_
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page for the latest on this.
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MySQL **may** be slightly faster than Postgres depending on your setup
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and software versions involved.
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Others
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------
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No testing has been performed with Oracle, but it is also supported.
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There are community maintained drivers for `MS
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SQL <http://code.google.com/p/django-mssql/>`_ and possibly a few others
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(found via our friend, Google).
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