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Re: [PHP3] Right database for performance and stability From: Adam Gotheridge (adam <email protected>)
Date: 03/28/99

> This is what I am looking for in a database:
> 1. Scalability - to hold upto 100,000+ profiles

As long as you searching on an indexed field and returning a limited number
of records (probably 1), even MS access would do this like lightning. I
would think this not an issue.

> 2. Stability - SQL server should NEVER die!

Wish I had more experience to help with you with this one. My Experience
with Sybase on Linux is that it has never died, but it also has never really
been stress tested. I can't say the same for Sybase on NT.

> 3. Performance

> 4. No limit on # of fields in a table. mSql I guess limits 50
fields/table.

All have limits. Sybase is 255, Oracle is 1024 or something like that. That
limit also applies to views.

> 5. Easy administration

I'm convinced the reason the Oracle guys is a billionaire is because the
vast majority can't get his buggy tools to work without a support contract.
I have had a few instances where I talked to tech support and they would say
stuff like "don't hit the config now button or it will crash". this would be
on a simple program which generated a 30 line text file. duh. How about
Oracle personal 8.04? Doesn't run on 98 (gee, sales said it would). They
have recent versions of ODBC drivers and installation programs which don't
work. beyond that, the db is supposed to be one of the best though. All this
is strictly my opinion and I am the first to say that I am very
inexperienced with Oracle. Ease of use, forget it. 

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