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Re: Databases and the Internet Question or Two
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Mon, 14 Feb 2000 23:13:35 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Richard Dee writes:
> Hello!
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> Curiosity:
> What kinds of database systems are used (i.e. Essbase, Sybase, dBase,
> Access, Approach, AS400, whatever..), are typically used by companies,
> or recommended by consultants, when the source of the data would be
> supplied by internet users? (Where the user would visit a site,
> fill out a form, etc.)
I'm using MySQL. It has it's limitations (I bet Larry will expand on that)
but it's open-source and free (in most cases). For a comercial project
I would use Oracle (which is about as far from free as you can get with
databases).
KL
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| If you're talking large scale commercial you need a RDBMS, nothing else will scale big enough (well, maybe IMS but that's pretty trailing edge at this point, you need a CICS/MVS box to drive it) And from among the RDBMS's your choices are basically (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Hello! Curiosity: What kinds of database systems are used (i.e. Essbase, Sybase, dBase, Access, Approach, AS400, whatever..), are typically used by companies, or recommended by consultants, when the source of the data would be supplied by internet (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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