Re: DB app recommendations?

Subject: Re: DB app recommendations?
From: David Neeley <dbneeley -at- oddpost -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 19:27:17 -0700 (PDT)


Matt,

MySQL is *not* a "baby SQL Server"--or, if it is, please tell Yahoo! that they need to "upsize"!

There are certainly some issues for *some* database users for which MySQL is not appropriate--but to significantly "upsize" it you'd probably want to go to one of the true heavyweights and bypass SQL Server altogether. Not that SQL Server is *bad* necessarily (although notoriously insecure, but then it's a Microsoft product)--it's just not more capable than MySQL in terms of data handling capacity.

Access, on the other hand, simply isn't a very decent platform for much beyond a very light-weight need. FoxPro is indeed extremely good; fortunately, Microsoft hasn't messed with it enough to mess it up--the downside is that it is insufficiently supported.

All things considered, for most people MySQL is among the top choices, especially where speed and price are both considerations.

David
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Access would work for this if you
like. Think of this tool as 'baby SQL Server'.

The same is true for the 'free' MySQL. The syntax is just a bit different
than for SQL Server so if you ever decide to upsize you'll have some rewrite
to do, but not too much.

I hope this helps. Feel free to email me privately if you have any
questions....

Matthew S. Jarvis
Microsoft Certified Professional
Eugene, Oregon USA
m -at- ttjarvis -dot- com

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