CMS without SQL

[joshua]

I once came across a cms that do not use sql databse but stored the pages in plain html.But unfortunately I have loss the url and just cannot find it through google.
Can someone help?

[exculiber]

Check with Hotscripts. It has a good list of scripts both free and commercial where you can find your desired CMS script which does not require any database.

[wesley]

Yes, I usually find my free scripts through hot scripts as well.

But just a word of caution. In the beginning, I figured it was easier to use a database that was not SQL. In fact, I ran sites with cgi and others but after a while if the database is too big, it starts to bog down and runs slower.

[exculiber]

It is much preferred to have a database driven CMS than a purely HTML CMS. For one, access time for pages is much faster. This is true if you search contents posted on your site. Moreover it is much easier to extract specific information for back up purposes.

[engadven]

Pure SEO CMS (google the name) has an local XML database but creates real html (or other) pages.
Database driven, html CMSs are available and offer may advantages over online SQL versions apart from the fact that anyone (including hackers) can get to the database.
Because they are PC based they tend to be faster, more reliable and easier to set up. You can also create lots of sites from one install.
I'd recommend you use both online and PC based CMS solutions depending on which is most appropriate for the site. We find PC based is better for most small businesses.

[Symbyo SEM]

Limbo is a CMS, based in mambo mamboserver.com which does not use SQL, but your hosting must have PHP to use it

[Ozwebdezigners]

this is easy to do ....just use the common php function

$myFile = "testFile.txt";
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
$stringData = "Floppy Jalopy\n";
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
$stringData = "Pointy Pinto\n";
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
fclose($fh);

and read from the include file to display to in browser

[tanja]

I usually find it in the hot scripts very helpful site

[iioacademy]

file flat database is good enough for small data, but once you have 100000 records, your text flat database will have a bottle nick
'choking' issues.

SQL do have indexes, it has query, and the ideal one. Then WHY uses flat database ?

[MattCA]

Originally Posted by iioacademy

SQL do have indexes, it has query, and the ideal one. Then WHY uses flat database ?

Sometimes free hostings don't offer any database access, just pure PHP. But when you decides to use a free hosting, it means you don't predict having lots of visitors, so it all depends on individual needs

[vivianso]

i think it definitely worth it to have mysql and phpAdmin
i actually never try limbo or other html CMS. So u say html CMS is database driven? But Mysql itself is a database too. Sorry, if i misunderstand what u r saying. English isn't my first language