A database can be relational, it can make some guarantees, it can pass Acid. With a file you are responsible for performance, reliability, integrity and security of the data.
Do you believe that you can do a better job than those tens of guys who contributed to a DBMS? Go ahead.
Do you not need reliability, integrity, security, performance? Go ahead.
So use a file to store data instead of database but know the trade-offs.
Do you believe that you can do a better job than those tens of guys who contributed to a DBMS? Go ahead.
Do you not need reliability, integrity, security, performance? Go ahead.
So use a file to store data instead of database but know the trade-offs.