This link: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/pricing.aspx <http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/pricing.aspx>Mentions a Web edition for $15 per month ( per processor, not core I believe ), specifically targeted at web apps deployment.
If you end up exploring that and find out that the licensing is just as simple as that please let us know. I've been repeatedly disappointed with MySQL and would love to migrate. Thanks. On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Mark Kruger <mkru...@cfwebtools.com> wrote: > > Yes the proc license is really the only way to go... The difficulty in > switching depends greatly on your code. IT could be quite easy - or require > rewriting every query. > > I recently helped a customer go from MySQL to MSSQL and I wrote a couple of > posts on it. It will give you an idea of the type of difficulty you might > encounter. > > http://www.coldfusionmuse.com/index.cfm/2009/7/13/MySQL.to.MSSQL > > > http://www.coldfusionmuse.com/index.cfm/2009/7/23/data.truncation.mysql.to.m > ssql > > Hope this helps (a little) > > > Mark A. Kruger, CFG, MCSE > (402) 408-3733 ext 105 > www.cfwebtools.com > www.coldfusionmuse.com > www.necfug.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Billy Cox [mailto:bi...@oldworldspices.com] > Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 10:18 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Stung by HostMySite price increase? > > > We recently got a note from HostMySite (now Hosting.com) telling us about a > big price increase in SQL Server licensing. We've had a dedicated server > with HMS for about a year and the mere thought of shopping for a new > hosting > provider makes me feel tired. > > Has anyone else encountered this? > > We have considered purchasing our own SQL Server licensing and I am > wondering (predictably) whether a processor license is the only way to go > for a web app database. > > How hard is it to switch from SQL Server to MySQL? > > -- > *Billy Cox* > IT Manager > *Old World Spices* > bi...@oldworldspices.com > 816.861.0400 x138 > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:326001 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
