No, Access could handle data up to 2 or 3GB. It would not be my recommendation for a db in production but it will for sure be a better choice than a CSV.
"This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: John Ahlen To: CF-Newbie Sent: Sat Jan 13 15:43:15 2007 Subject: Re: Securing a CSV file Thanks for all the recommendations. At the risk of putting my inexperience on display, here goes my reasoning for the csv: The login csv that I use has some 30,000 users in it which amounts to a 1.4MB file. However, not all of the users in the file are expected to be actual users of the application. In a nutshell, the application is a book review database/forum for high school kids -- strictly voluntary. So, after the initial login, a user's record in inserted into the main record set (Access) and associated with any post the user submits. I might be way off the mark here, but it's my understanding that Access is a fairly lightweight db engine and large chunks of data (the 1.4MB student db) will slow it down. Does this make sense? Humble thanks to all CF pros who respond. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Newbie/message.cfm/messageid:2432 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Newbie/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.15
