Scrivener for Windows versus Writing outliner add-in for MS Word

Posted by Cassius
Nov 13, 2011 at 02:48 PM

Alex is absolutely correct! I’ve seen corruption in one item ruin an entire file.

Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>JBfrom wrote:
>>However, given
>>the slowness of my previous experience with sql
>databases, I’d want to hear reports of
>>users successfully operating databases
>much larger than 5gb. For example, one of my
>>ebooks folders is 60gb.
> >I will point to
>Richard’s answer here http://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/11337
>to describe my own approach for such material too. I really cannot imagine why one
>should want to keep a collection of PDFs within a single huge database file. The file
>itself would become fragmented and slow, it would be a nightmare to backup regularly,
>and would invite corruption in the event of the first problematic system
>shutdown.
> >Re slowness, the client-server architecture inherent in SQL databases
>may indeed be slower than directly accessing a huge text file, but I’m not sure how the
>two are comparable in terms of content flexibility. Or am I missing something?
> >In
>any case, you may want to take this discussion to the said topic
>http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/3047 as more relevant.