<p>It would be possible to take all the methods and have them point to a SQL database but sort of takes away from the full idea of ZUBB. All of the posts, topics, messages are stored in the ZODB (Zope Object Database) and therefore are easily searchable and can interact as part of the whole Zope site. By it into a database you are basically taking away from the power of Zope and might as well use one of the other CGI based boards.</p>

<p>That being said, we did start to develop a SQL ZUBB a few years ago but found that ZODB could live up to the needs of the product.</p>