Yeah, yeah, those are details. I meant at the high-level. *the way up here high level!*
;-) -----Original Message----- From: Peter Brooks [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 2:55 PM To: Dustin Puryear Cc: Michael Ströder; [email protected] Subject: Re: [ldap] Re: Bank account information 2010/6/16 Dustin Puryear <[email protected]>: > In terms of comparing a directory service and a RDBMS, well, yes, you're > right. No real difference other than how the data is accessed. Also, if you > take into account virtual directory and metadirectory products, well, is > there really any line between the two anymore? > Modern databases have triggers and filters that allow processing to be part of the DBMS, and you can have multiple indices. Those are the main differences, really, LDAP is more like an ISAM [or KSAM] file. But these are minor quibbles really.
