At 01:32 PM 5/2/2002, you wrote:
>I don't see where this discussion is headed. The basic difference between
>Oracle and mySQL would be in the area of Query Optimization. Probably, this
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>And probably, that is why Oracle costs money. mySQL is a good database for
>small applications. Before using any product it is very important to note
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>the application domain it is made for. mySQL was never meant to give Oracle
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That's exactly the point. Use the one that scales to your requirements.
Each was designed to address needs, at orders of magnitude different from
each other. However there is a tendency for application developers to scale
up or scale down their applications to tap wider markets. (Am not sure how
good or how bad such a trend is). However, I would not want to use Oracle
in small-scale database environments. At the same time I would not as
yet recommend MySQL for large database systems.
There may be some difficulty in defining how small is "small" and how
large is "large". There would also be many other considerations like kind
of information being stored in the database, complexity of the relations
between tables etc..etc.... which goes into decisions on what to use when.
It's useful to hear experiences of people who have used Mysql,Postgre,
Oracle etc... in different environments.
Leo
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