Re: [PHP-DB] overall db solution anyone?
Kevin, You may wish to examine Virtuoso: http://www.openlinksw.com/virtuoso It has all the functionality you mention, plus some, and is much cheaper to purchase and maintain. It also is optimized for seamless (non-disruptive) multiple database integration projects, and is in use in production systems sustaining 8000 concurrent database hits. Virtuoso also works great with PHP; I'd be happy to speak with you about the details of a migration project and how Virtuoso could fit your needs. Best regards, Andrew --- Andrew Hill - OpenLink Software Director Technology Evangelism eBusiness Infrastructure Technology http://www.openlinksw.com On 2/15/01 7:23 PM, "Kevin McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am working for a company is experiencing severe growing pains. We are > currently using FileMaker as the db to service the accounting and sales > departments and using MySQL for the web back-end. As we have ecommerce > capabilities, we are saddled with exchanging data collected on and served > to the web site (in online sales, user data, product information,etc.) with > the other depts. As this is already untenable and cannot scale any further, > we are looking to use one integrated database system to hold all the data > we need. > > As we also need to completely redesign the db to scale to the current and > soon-to-be size of the company, we are certain there must be a product or > service out there that has somewhat ready-made designs or templates for a > mid-size company like ours with the ability to service sales, marketing, > web, accounting, etc., hopefully with some extensibility so that we can > direct it as it and the company grows. > > The reason I ask this here is that our Web site has been built almost > completely in PHP and we are very happy with it. Therefore we prefer to > find a product that can work with it otherwise we would need to rebuild the > entire site. I know Oracle is one popular solution but considering the > price of licensing, running and administering Oracle, we really dread > having to go that route. Ditto for using SQLServer, SiteServer, ASP and a > Microsoft solution. > > Are there products or environments that PHP can work with other than MySQL > that have the above capabilities or are we pretty much stuck with looking > into Oracle and/or MS? We are not looking for OpenSource solutions > necessarily, just something that is not as closed end and expensive as > these two. Maybe we are a bit naive > > Feel free to respond off-line, if you prefer. > > Thanks! > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP-DB] overall db solution anyone?
Kevin McCarthy wrote: > I am working for a company is experiencing severe growing pains. We are > currently using FileMaker as the db to service the accounting and sales > departments and using MySQL for the web back-end. As we have ecommerce > capabilities, we are saddled with exchanging data collected on and served > to the web site (in online sales, user data, product information,etc.) with > the other depts. As this is already untenable and cannot scale any further, > we are looking to use one integrated database system to hold all the data > we need. > > As we also need to completely redesign the db to scale to the current and > soon-to-be size of the company, we are certain there must be a product or > service out there that has somewhat ready-made designs or templates for a > mid-size company like ours with the ability to service sales, marketing, > web, accounting, etc., hopefully with some extensibility so that we can > direct it as it and the company grows. > > The reason I ask this here is that our Web site has been built almost > completely in PHP and we are very happy with it. Therefore we prefer to > find a product that can work with it otherwise we would need to rebuild the > entire site. I know Oracle is one popular solution but considering the > price of licensing, running and administering Oracle, we really dread > having to go that route. Ditto for using SQLServer, SiteServer, ASP and a > Microsoft solution. > > Are there products or environments that PHP can work with other than MySQL > that have the above capabilities or are we pretty much stuck with looking > into Oracle and/or MS? We are not looking for OpenSource solutions > necessarily, just something that is not as closed end and expensive as > these two. Maybe we are a bit naive > > Feel free to respond off-line, if you prefer. > > Thanks! > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take a look at http://www.jonesautomation.com They deal with Oracle a lot but are open to other scenarios. Dan -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP-DB] overall db solution anyone?
I am working for a company is experiencing severe growing pains. We are currently using FileMaker as the db to service the accounting and sales departments and using MySQL for the web back-end. As we have ecommerce capabilities, we are saddled with exchanging data collected on and served to the web site (in online sales, user data, product information,etc.) with the other depts. As this is already untenable and cannot scale any further, we are looking to use one integrated database system to hold all the data we need. As we also need to completely redesign the db to scale to the current and soon-to-be size of the company, we are certain there must be a product or service out there that has somewhat ready-made designs or templates for a mid-size company like ours with the ability to service sales, marketing, web, accounting, etc., hopefully with some extensibility so that we can direct it as it and the company grows. The reason I ask this here is that our Web site has been built almost completely in PHP and we are very happy with it. Therefore we prefer to find a product that can work with it otherwise we would need to rebuild the entire site. I know Oracle is one popular solution but considering the price of licensing, running and administering Oracle, we really dread having to go that route. Ditto for using SQLServer, SiteServer, ASP and a Microsoft solution. Are there products or environments that PHP can work with other than MySQL that have the above capabilities or are we pretty much stuck with looking into Oracle and/or MS? We are not looking for OpenSource solutions necessarily, just something that is not as closed end and expensive as these two. Maybe we are a bit naive Feel free to respond off-line, if you prefer. Thanks! -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
