Thanks Phil. I'd seen the devx article. One thing I noticed in it was these statements about admin requirements:
"Larger relational DBMS, such as MySQL and Postgres are available today in open-source form. [snip] they require substantially greater levels of administrative oversight" "As to full commercial databases such as Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, and Informix, of course, they require significantly more administration" I've worked quite a bit with SQL Server, and while it's clearly more expensive, especially web licensing, and not small footprint, our admin load has been roughly zero, other than backup. Data file about 800M and growing, but not intense throughput, and it's been doing just fine. Is it other folks' impression that recent versions of SQL Server do generally need a lot of dba? How about MySQL? The article is clearly implying that Cloudscape doesn't; is that your impression? That's an important point for both developers and their clients. Dave Merrill > >I'm hearing about Cloudscape/Derby as a reasonable database > alternative to > >MySQL etc. Is anyone here using it? Comments on performance? Scalability? > >Stability? Features? > > > > With Tracking-Tools, I offer it as one of the the supported > database options (MSSQL, MYSQL, Oracle, and Cloudscape/Derby). It > works fine for my needs. For further info on how it stacks up to > other database options check the FAQs at > http://philcruz.com/cfeverywhere/ > > > >What's the best way to hook CF up to it? > > > > That's Part 2 of the CFEverywhere article series. It's coming soon... > > -Phil ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:191699 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54