Ok, without ridiculing you in public (because that's not my purpose) I've got to question your use of mission critical and MS Access in the same statement.
Access is a desktop database and for that it does ok, ass long as you don't want it to get in a hurry to do anything. (The JET engine is horribly bloated) Access is an acceptable report writer for real databases as long as speed and reliability are not important. If you have to have mission critical then your choices are MS SQL and MySQL. That's a better comparison. And one that has been made many times (including once by myself) on this list. In short, if you can afford to pay the MS tax, don't mind paying the MS tax and don't mind the fact that you get the SAME level of accountability as you do with MySQL (Read the EULA!) then go with MS SQL. If it's mission critical and you value your job, stop looking at MS Access. If you feel you need support beyond what this group can give you (nothing to be ashamed of) then AB MySql has some very reasonably priced support packages. HTH, again, said with all the politeness you cans tuff into an email envelope. :) =C= * * Cal Evans * Journeyman Programmer * Techno-Mage * http://www.calevans.com * -----Original Message----- From: Jay Liew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 5:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MySQL or MS Access ? Hello everyone, I am new to database operations, and I was wondering if there were any advantages or using MS Access to MySQL. Don't get me wrong, but I would prefer Open Source over proprietary, but this is a mission-critical commercial purpose database. Any comments, would be much appreciated. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
