On Tuesday 10 Jan 2006 9:51 am, Mike wrote: > hemm. So, database by definition is heavy/inefficient in regard > to scalability? If so, please instruct me with some pointers > where I can better approach my current project as I am still in > planning phase.
sorry, i had a bad morning with someone who had screwed up an app by treating the rdbms as a flatfile db. maybe i was jumping to conclusions - what i am saying is that a rdbms has the capacity to implement a lot of business logic within the rdbms itself, so one should attempt to put the maximum of the business logic there, where it will be looked after by the db itself rather than doing it in the application code where it is too easy to miss things. If you dont do this, or if you duplicate what the rdbms enforces in your application code, it makes more sense to use a more lightweight storage solution. -- regards kg http://www.livejournal.com/users/lawgon tally ho! http://avsap.org.in ಇಂಡ್ಲಿನಕ್ಸ வாழ்க!
