[Robert Abitbol]

I was extremely intrigued a few days ago when I read on this very wiki that using homemade databases is to be preferred to using others' databases: SQL for example. 

I cannot find the exact location of this statement. I believe it is in a page on databases obviously. 

Now, why would a homemade database be better than an SQL database for example? Anyone has an idea?

[NEM] Depends on what you mean by "database". You almost certainly don't want to implement your own [RDBMS](or other database management system). You may well want to write your own database, though (which is the collection of data that you want a RDBMS to manage). [SQL] is a language for specifying queries: it is neither a database nor a DBMS.

[Robert Abitbol] I believe what the t'cler had in mind was an RDBMS tailor-made for a specific project: perhaps a simple text database with all sorts of field indicators, trails, etc. 

He implied that this was the best tool for a specific project. Is it? 

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