Re: Advice needed on large database project

Aleksei Kac (alex@_NOSPAM_Eaglechair.com) wrote:
: In article <5k27n4$3s4$1_at_gaia.ns.utk.edu>, fty_at_hickory.engr.utk.edu (Jay
: Flaherty) wrote:
 

: : Thomas Lund (lund_at_id.dk) wrote:
: : : Vipul S. wrote:
: : : Or even better (IMHO) MySQL on www.tcx.se
: : :
: : : It's faster than msql
: :
: : Not only is it faster than mSQL but more robust and basically free.
: : check out these features:
 

: Ah, but no Mac ODBC driver? Bummer. And how would it handle about 20,000
: requests from it per day coming from a couple hundred users?

And no transactions.... which are also not available in mSQL, but they *are* available with PostgreSQL (www.postgresql.org).

btw. Who cross-posted this to a bazillion groups? Is that usefull?

Maarten

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