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On Monday, December 27, 2010, beo wulf <beowulf@intamp.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a set of scripts written in lua. For their "communication", I serialize state to files blah_xyz_timestamp such that
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> local data = "">
>
> brings the state back.
>
> Now, problem is
> (1) I have lots and lots of these serialized data (> 10K files)
> (2) I want to have meta-tags attached to each file blah_xyz_timestamp ... that don't nicely fit into an object filename
>
> So basically, what I really want -- is a database ... that stores seiralized lua data. (So I can do stuff like
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> SELECT * from DB where function(tag) return (tag.name == "hello") and (bar_func(tag.config)) end;
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> [where for each object, I have a table associated with it that stores meta data, and I can select objects based on this meta data].
>
> Now, my current solution ... is to stuff all this into MySQL ... but that seems inelegant. There ought to be a better solution. If you've dealt with something similar, I'd love to hear about your experiences.
>
> Thanks!
You'll want to take a look at Versium. It will allow you to access object storage and metadata the way you want, try different storage engines with a consistent interface and get version control for free. It's searchable or you can surf to details from the Sputnik site.
Chris