On Thursday 05 May 2005 13:09, Bryan Stevenson wrote: > > Personally, even for the biggest sites I've run, I've never needed a > > full-fledged enterprise level database. If I did, though, I'd probably > > go with Oracle or some other vendor > > and that's exactly where we're heading....but the VC has to come in first > ;-);-) > > with MySQL...my feeling is that you need to "add" all sorts of things that > come standard in MS SQL and Oracle...hell...even Access > > If I had a huge data repository that was never changed...I'd use MySQL for > the speed...but that ain't what I'm up to...I need Stored Procs...ref > integrity among other useful tidbits > > Damn...and I even said to leave this debate alone
I just figure it's a matter of personal preference. If I need added functionality in MySQL, I'll just whip together something in Perl. Others prefer not to spend the time or the brainpower. Though I really thought that the meat of my earlier post lay in my joke about Larry Ellison. -- Richard S. Crawford Programmer III UC Davis Extension Distance Education Group 2901 K Street Sacramento, CA 95816 (916)327-7793 http://unexdlc.ucdavis.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205746 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
