er, what?
did i miss something? heh.
-tcl.
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Nathan Cook wrote:
> Note: As of version 3.2.3gamma Mysql Supports Sub-Selects.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Gerhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Ann Ricchiazzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 12:10 PM
> Subject: RE: mySQL vs Oracle
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>
> > Hello Ann,
> >
> > The answer to you question depends on how you plan to use the database
> (i.e.
> > financial trancactions, serving data on the web etc.) as well as financial
> > considerations. MySQL is free and Oracle is expensive.
> >
> >
> > Here are some questions you should answer:
> >
> > 1.) Do you need full Transaction support (commit roll-back)?
> > 2.) Do you need subselect and union queries?
> > 3.) Do you need Triggers and Stored Procedures?
> > 4.) Do you absolutely need Foreign Key support?
> >
> > If you anwered YES to any of the above go with Oracle, Sybase, Frontbase,
> > Openbase etc. otherwise, MySQL is an excellent choice. MySQL is very fast
> > and probably faster than Oracle in most cases but I have no documented
> proof
> > (Oracle doesn't like having their benchmarks published).
> >
> > I know this isn't a definite answer and you are on a tight deadline. Hope
> > this helps just the same.
> >
> >
> > ___________________________________
> >
> > Scott A. Gerhardt P.Geo.
> > Gerhardt Information Technologies
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> > ___________________________________
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > I am trying to choose between mySQL and Oracle for a Linux server. My
> > > specific questions are:
> > >
> > > 1) Will mySQL handle 3000 hits/day well?
> > > 2) Does mySQL handle multi-media file formats? For example, if I want to
> > > store audio clips, or Flash movie clips, or PowerPoint presentations,
> > > can I do so?
> > >
> > > We make the decision this decision at 3:00 today. Your advice will be
> > > most helpful.
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ann
> > >
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