on Tue May 18 06:23:14 CDT 2010, David Bovill wrote: >> I'm looking into an application which needs a highly scalable back end database. <<
David, have you checked out Microsoft's Azure "cloud" services? http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/sqlazure/ Here's some info I copied from that page: SQL Azure Database Features =========================== Relational Database Management Services (RDBMS) - Creating, accessing and manipulating tables, views, indexes, roles, stored procedures, triggers, and functions - Execute complex queries and joins across multiple tables - Insert, Update, and Delete - Constraints - Transactions - Temp tables - Basic functions (aggregates, math, string, date/time) - A subset of the existing SQL Server built-in stored procedures and system views - Support for tracking billable metrics in real time and for historical analysis Programmability - Managed ADO.NET data access - Native ODBC *** - Support for PHP Tools - Deployment Support for running SQL configuration scripts via SQLCMD - Provision Logical Servers and Databases through the SQL Azure Database account portal There's a Get Started Now link near the left/top side of the page. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution