There's TONS of support for MySQL, albeit from a community perspective. I
would imagine that it wouldn't be too much trouble to find a consultant
with a fair amount of experience with it.
Also, phpmyadmin is a decent interface to mysql... (there are, of course,
others... but nothing I've seen
In my experience it is best to try to stick with some main-stream options.
In order to give your client the best service and room for expansion it
would (in my opinion) be best to start with something like Access 2000 and
upsize to MS SQL when the budget allows.
We have supported very high
PervasiveSQL is a good product. I have used it in the past with CF and
liked it enough to say I'd use it again. The server is fairly easy to set
up and speed is comparable to most RDBMS systems. If you don't need support
for transactions, I would go with MySQL. There are plenty of resources
: Thursday, December 06, 2001 9:43 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: alternatives to MS SQL
There's TONS of support for MySQL, albeit from a community perspective. I
would imagine that it wouldn't be too much trouble to find a consultant
with a fair amount of experience with it.
Also, phpmyadmin is a decent
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Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 8:53 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: alternatives to MS SQL
In my experience it is best to try to stick with some main-stream options.
In order to give your client the best service and room for expansion it
would (in my opinion) be best to start with something
Oracle. MSAccess. Why would your client care what the interface looks like
if you will be doing it and there is support for the free alternatives.
On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Ben Whalley wrote:
Anything out there I should be looking at? A client of ours can't afford
MSSQL but is loath to use free
We are developing it but they plan to take it in house for hosting and
ongoing development.
I didn't have the impression Oracle was a cheap option - am I wrong?
Ben
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PostgreSQL.. is one of the most advanced opensource Databases that i've
worked with so far that offers almost all of the main features that Oracle
and MSSQL have.. It is also has a strong developed community...
Ive just started to use it and i already love it..
- Original Message -
Ben,
You might check out Interbase. It is free as in BEER
source code included, yet has borland backing it for
full support.
It is not an enterprise scale database, but for a mid
to large sized application it is a good choice.
It has pretty GUI client for windows etc.
Thanks
Jeremy Allen
, December 06, 2001 11:43 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: alternatives to MS SQL
There's TONS of support for MySQL, albeit from a community perspective. I
would imagine that it wouldn't be too much trouble to find a consultant
with a fair amount of experience with it.
Also, phpmyadmin is a decent
I want to throw in here..
My experience with PervasiveSQL is that it is a flat file system, not a
RDBMS. Both FileMaker and Lotus Approach use the flat-file approach to DBs,
if you want a frame of reference. It's not a relational database and I
wouldn't recommend using it as a relational
I have to use a Pervasive system every day and have a small piece of advice
for anyone that is going to attempt this...
Run Away!
Pervasive has no support for NULL states. It can't handle large SQL
statements. It is very case aware. And it's just kludgy to have around!
Marcus
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