Hi J Antas > And one other thing, at this time you will not be able to make Care2x > work over any serious (read reliable or industry grade) database > managing system (DBMS). Although the system has the potential to work > with other DBMS nobody was able to document it sufficiently to permit > other people to port it to other DBMS (namely Oracle, IBM DB2, os > postgreSQL). > When you think of the more than 120 tables which Care2x has to deal > with, you start to realize the problem. At this time we are stuck with > MySQL. > So for now I would not bet my professional reputation advising a > government to move into it do deal with critical clinical data... and > dealing with AIDS is certainly critical!
I think you're a little hard on MySQL. Sure, it has its limitations and pushing to have Care ported to other DBMS is a great idea. What about the database that the VA hospitals ran all those years (openVista now). Some of the commercial vendors here are using very 'tired' databases. I don't want to start database wars here; I'm not an expert. Perhaps you could just point me in the direction of some unbiased review outlining the shortcomings of MySQL (if such as review exists). I have found your other references/reviews extremely helpful so keep them up! > And what are the specifications to the ARV module? So far I only have the paper-based forms that are used in one of the provinces; I'm waiting for some specs that have already been developed. Regards, Mark Painter ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Care2002-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/care2002-developers
