RE: FN-FORUM: Databases

date posted 4th August 2003 11:07

I'm surprised they've (Oracle) not bought IKEA. The amount of shelves
you need for the documentation would at least warrant an on-line shop
selling manuals and associated book-ends...

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Civati [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 04 August 2003 11:18
To: Andy Macnaughton-Jones
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Databases



Richard Parratt [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:

> So what *do* you suggest!
>=20
> I guess any software is going to have limitations. I'd tend to use=20
> MySQL until the lack of stored procs, etc. becomes an issue, then move

> to SS2000. (first time I've heard of the transaction limits - got a
> reference?)

PostgreSQL? I prefer it to MySQL simply because it seems better put
together, certainly from an admin perspective.

It can't be that bad, it's running the .org name registry. :)

> Having recently done an Oracle project, I've become even more=20
> convinced that its enterprise features (versus SQL Server) are 95%=20
> FUD. And the tools you get in-the-box are soooo primitive. Worse than=20
> MySQL really..

Oracle is big, heavy, and complex.. thus requires plenty of server and
admin resource to look after it properly.

As for the pricing scheme:

"You need a database, Larry needs a new boat."

-Paul-

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