> But wow, do I think this is a bad idea. > <rant> > Databases are the core of many CF applications -- you > should use the same database for development, staging, > and production. Would you develop in CF4.5 and deploy > to CFMX (or CF5 for that matter)? Would you develop on > Windows and deploy to Solaris? (actually, you can do > that as long as you remember the COM components won't > work and filenames become case-sensitive).
In an ideal world, I agree with you. However, I've actually been pretty successful using MS SQL Server as a development platform for Sybase (on Solaris) deployment. I did this for an onsite consultation; I copied their existing Sybase database to SQL Server on my laptop, wrote several hundred stored procedures of middling to high complexity - one of which replaced a loop over several hundred queries with a single database interaction, reducing average execution time for that page from 15 seconds to less than 1 second - and they all worked flawlessly on Sybase. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
