Horst,
Thank you for the comments. Of course I prefer rdbms any time as
opposed to a flat file. I was referring to the application architecture
of the products being discussed. I was not talking about product
features.
Mario.
Horst Herb wrote:
On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:14, Mario Ruiz wrote:
different from the old MD2 in both MD3 & BP (except for the DBF versus
Sql stuff). So, if one takes out the Sql backend for a moment, what is
in essence the real differences between MD2, MD3 & BP?.
Or is it just the Sql bit prominently displayed on product advertising?
Mario, you don't seem to understand - the difference between a simple shared
flat file "database" (like dbf used in MDW2) and a modern client-server
database management system is HUUUGE!
It's the difference between being likely to lose your data unnoticed or not.
The difference between being able to do backups at any time regardless
whether people are using the database the same time or not. The difference
between running structured queries in a fairly standardized query or not. The
difference between being able to update the running database (if properly
designed) while users are using it without disruption - or not. In fact,all
the difference that really matters.
Horst
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