Flat File Database for Forums?

[Nightlark]

What would be an efficient way to organize a database for forums using flat files? Or would it just be like many forums that use MySQL do it, except with text files replacing the various tables?

[dreamcatcher]

Is there any reason to use flat text files? A busy flat text file forum is going to use far more server resources and be less robust than a database driven system.

dc

[Habtom]

dc, less secure too, I presume.

[jatar_k]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld Nightlark,

the organization is relatively similar
files instead of db entries, you would store similar data in each file as you would store in a row

flatfile works for WebmasterWorld ;)

though I am not sure whether I would suggest it as a rule