Why doesn't...?

[Huseby]

Iv reponed the thread for nows, keep ontopic.

[Outcast12]

Originally Posted by Zion~

The major disadvantage is the security, anyone who knows what their doing could access it and make changes or just wipe the entire db.

I agree, but I guess that could be partially prevented with some kind of encryptions... But even then, nothing is 100% secure.

[~Yuki~]

Flatfiles (ini or whatever u call it)

Can be FASTER than SQL is.

You can use the BinaryWriter /Reader to Read/Write Data Thats like 3% faster as MySQL depending on your System.

A mysql DB is just a Flatfile too just another syntax and allocation.