Jim C. Nasby wrote: > Having said all that; it's nearly impossible to get a general-purpose RDBMS > to outperform an optimized storage format Indeed. I refer back to the wondrous success Microsoft Exchange has had.
It *isn't* SQL. It's a hand-crafted, JET-backend specifically written to be optimized for email handling. Even Microsoft (so far) hasn't managed to get their own MS-SQL product to be usable as a backend. Believe me, they'd like nothing better from a marketing perspective... ...However, I do believe they are still working towards such an end. -- Cheers Jason Haar Information Security Manager, Trimble Navigation Ltd. Phone: +64 3 9635 377 Fax: +64 3 9635 417 PGP Fingerprint: 7A2E 0407 C9A6 CAF6 2B9F 8422 C063 5EBB FE1D 66D1
