--- Mike Gargiullo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oracle is $$$$$$$$ > > How many inserts/second are you taking about?
If anyone would like to follow-up on this, it might be better to email me directly rather than continue this very off-topic thread :) I don't know how many inserts per second. We're working in the dark, here. We have a product that has been relatively successful in keeping our client's costs down, so we now have a particular industry association which has said that if we develop the next phase of our product, they're going to market it to their manufacturers and dealers. We already have some very large industry players who've come to us telling us that they're on board as soon as we finish it. Unfortunately, this requires a complete revamping of the way we handle inventory for them, but it earns us a mind-boggling revenue stream if we can deliver and if they follow through on their commitment. Since this allows manufacturers and retailers to have POS, inventory management, e-commerce, real-time site customization and a true client-server architecture (rather than being forced to rely solely on a Web-based system) we have a rather large database that is still growing. I just can't recommend migrating from MS SQL Server unless I get better information on the databases under consideration. MySQL just won't cut it. Postgres looks interesting, but I just haven't found enough evidence that it will really handle what we need. Hence, Oracle looks like a promising choice. Side note: MS SQL Server has been a huge bottleneck for us because our DBA didn't know it very well (he has been fired) and it keeps crashing, often taking down the box with it. We have some insite as to why it's been failing, but it's such a pain in the rear, that we're sick of it. Plus, we can't run it on Linux. Cheers, Curtis "Ovid" Poe ===== Senior Programmer Onsite! Technology (http://www.onsitetech.com/) "Ovid" on http://www.perlmonks.org/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
