frustration is more with my lack of knowledge, to some extent with the documentation. I hate feeling stupid, or even ignorant.
But I do have SQL Server available as an alternative and for now at least am going with mySQL for the reasons outlined. Dana Ben Doom writes: > Actually, I was asking Jochem. > > From your frustration with this, I could guess how you feel about MySQL. > :-) > > AFA MS SQL goes, I've learned this about MS: Their consumer products suck. > Their server products are OK. Their development products are pretty good. > I remember back in college, when I had to program in C to run on a Mac. > Everyone developed in MS Visual C++, then recompiled on Code Warrior for Mac > before turning it in. > > We've found MS SQL to be a pretty studly product with lots of useful > doohickies. There are a few things I would like to see different, but > what's perfect? Of course, the downside to it is the price tag. :-) > > > -- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 12:14 PM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: Re: import > : > : > : I am not sure if you are asking me or Jochem (talk about a range of > : technical expertise! :) ) but my uninformed opinion is that the > : documentation for both is pretty murky. The new host has a nice front end > : for mysql which is why I went with that rather than SQL. Also, I dislike > : relying on m$ and if I really need to I can move mysql to my own computer > : and use it there, whereas I simply cannot afford SQL server. There is also > : a pretty helpful mysql user community (#mysql on efnet) even if some tend > : to play the geekier than thou game. I am not aware of anything similar for > : SQL server although that could merely be that I am not aware of it. > : > : Dana > : > : Ben Doom writes: > : > : > What do you prefer? > : > > : > We use MS SQL 2K here, but are looking into using MySQL for intranet > : > rollouts, so I'm curious as to your opinion. > : > > : > > : > -- Ben Doom > : > Programmer & General Lackey > : > Moonbow Software, Inc > : > > : > : -----Original Message----- > : > : From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : > : Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 8:30 PM > : > : To: CF-Community > : > : Subject: import > : > : > : > : > : > : Dana Tierney wrote: > : > : > > : > : >And PS, Jochem, thank you for the mysql manual reference, I never > : > : >would > : > : >have found it because I was looking under "import" not "load" > : > : > : > : Just read it front to back. Even though I very much dislike > : > : MySQL, I have read large parts of the documentation because I > : > : anticipate that somebody will force me to use it in the future. > : > : (I ended up hating MySQL even more.) > : > : > : > : Jochem > : > : > : > > : > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
