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Author Re: [SMARTY] I18N/L10N: Best practice
Martin Braun

2005-08-08, 9:08 am

Wolfram Schlich wrote:
> My thoughts so far:
> - pro-db:
> - easier maintainability
> - contra-db:
> - in case of an unavailable database, all the error messages
> would only be available in the original language (english
> for example), which would be very unsatisfying for the
> corresponding user when he/she is no native english speaker


hi,

if your app is DB driven anyway, I'd recommend this - your app will have
bigger problems than english messages if your DB is down.

cheers
martin
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