Have you tried Postgresql? It's a free, fast, ACID compliant database. I have it compiled & running within a few hours, not knowing much of anything about it before hand. From what I've read the speed is comparable w/ mysql for most applications.
Drew At 12:40 AM 3/21/2002 +0100, Bas A.Schulte wrote: >To handle a large number of concurrent transactions in a transaction-safe >environment without me having to worry too much about concurrency issues >and referential integrity I will slowly move to Oracle. $dbh->do('LOCK >TABLE USER, INSTANCE, APP_DATA') just plain sucks unless you want to >create a very large distributed *single-user* system running on multiple >machines. ====================================================================== Drew Taylor JA[P|m_p]H http://www.drewtaylor.com/ Just Another Perl|mod_perl Hacker mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *** God bless America! *** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Speakeasy.net: A DSL provider with a clue. Sign up today. http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/29655 ======================================================================