While I have great respect for Russ, I respectfully and completely disagree with just about everything he said there.
Not that you even asked for the lists opinion on what DB solution is better, but I just wanted to make it known that there are plenty of folks out here with huge amounts of respect for MySQL. Facebook runs on MySQL, so it can't be all bad, right? ;) -Jordan On 12/01/2010 11:43 AM, Monique Boea wrote: > > It's not up to me :( The company is switching because the hosting company > convinced the previous developer that it was a good idea. > > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Russ Michaels<r...@michaels.me.uk> wrote: > >> >> here: >> http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/migrating-from-microsoft.html >> >> unless you are migrating from windows to linux though I wouldn't recommend >> doing this. SQL Server is the far superior solution, easier to use, easier >> to manage, better client tools, better backup options, generally more >> reliable. >> This opinion is based on 10 years hosting both in a shared hosting >> environment by the way, hundreds of databases for hundreds of customers. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Russ Michaels >> www.cfmldeveloper.com - Supporting the CF community since 1999 >> FREE ColdFusion/Railo hosting for developers. >> >> blog: www.michaels.me.uk >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339704 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
