RE: Flat File vs. Database

From: Jack C. Applewhite <japplewhite_at_inetprofit.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 14:52:21 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0037C322.20010829145833@fatcity.com>

Dennis,

I'm stunned...

How about:
- Data Integrity (Referential Integrity and all the other constraints on
data)
- Concurrency (Readers don't block Writers and vice versa)

• Scalability
• Accessibility (no 3rd party tools could ever access your flat files for analysis or reporting)
• Security

You're dang right it's an "no-brainer"! ;-)

Jack

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Jack C. Applewhite
Database Administrator/Developer
OCP Oracle8 DBA
iNetProfit, Inc.
Austin, Texas
www.iNetProfit.com
japplewhite_at_inetprofit.com
(512)327-9068

-----Original Message-----
dmeng_at_focal.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:46 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Hi all,
We are proposing a project to convert applications that use flat files to Oracle databases. An essential piece of this proposal is to present to the management the advantages of databases over flat files. Are there any websites, whitepapers that talk about this? I know this probably is a no-brainer for most of you but we just want to have all of our ducks in a row so that we can make a strong case.
TIA Dennis Meng
Database Administrator
Focal Communications
847-954-8328

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