You misunderstand my post. I'm surprised mySQL isn't faster, seeing as how it's as close to being a file reader as a database can be.
Personally, I'd rather take the extremely useful features and good performance that Oracle offers, all things being equal. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Paul Ashenfelter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 7:20 PM Subject: Re: WOT: MySQL in the Enterprise > > Why are people surprised about the performance of mySQL versus whatever? > Generally speaking, the more features an application has, the slower it will > be. Thus, we can say that the more features a database has (seeing as how a > database platform is actually just an application), the slower it will be. > It's a miracle that Oracle is as fast as it is :) > > <sarcasm>Yeah, I mean why use this ColdFusion garbage when you can do it all > in Perl or Python for free.</sarcasm> > > The more features *that you need* an application has, the better choice it > is. Access can be a great data source. So can flat text files. MySQL's > better than those though, isn't it. I mean, it's a lot more complicated than > text files, takes longer to write to the disk, but those features are > somewhat useful.... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
