I once ported the application to DB2 just to shut the annoying DBA up.Took an hour, and the actual DB deployment was a hotly debated business concern, not a technical one. We ended up deploying on SQL Server, but he couldn't blame _me_ for that.
Don't discount the power of saying, "just tell me what you want, I'll make it happen", and then showing it was possible. On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Ian Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've had to go from MySQL to MSSQL. Luckily I was using Hibernate > which made the switch painless. > > --Ian > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Ken Egozi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I really don't get the need to swap RDBMSs. > > I mean, really. how many times in a lifecycle of a majot application does > > one switches his high-cost Oracle servers into the > > not-as-high-but-still-high-cost MS-Sql? or from Postgres to MySql > > whaterver? usually it'd be a kind of a strategical desicion that will be > > accompanies by business changes -> thus a change to the app anyway. > > > > Especially doesn't make sense in switching Oracle/SqlServer. Both are > pricey > > (one of them rediciulusly pricey), and you'd spent the dimes if you want > to > > squeeze some special things that only this said server can give you. So > you > > end up with special PL-SQL/T-SQL code that needs to be migrated anyway. > > > > My stance is that if you didn't get to the point of needed the propriety > > stuff in the DBMS, then you don't have any reason to switch DBMS anyway, > cuz > > you won't use the propriety stuff in the target system anyway. and if > you > > will, then it's a change in the application anyway, so why bother with > > "switchability" to begin with? > > > > > > End Rant > > > > > > > > > > unless you write a simple application that will get installed on many > > places, and even then for low-needed scenarios I'd go with an embedded > > Firebird / SQLite or SQL Express installation, while for large > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nhusers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhusers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
