Question about the database (was Re: Message Boards)

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = On 17.4.2003 22:36 Uhr, Clint Davis wrote:> They also offer a hosted-solution that's built with Oracle I think, and it's > used by some very big name companies.Now this really leads me to a question that I wondered about for a long time.Why in the world would people (companies) want to have a Forum or a CMS with a Oracle, MS SQL or whatever enterprise database as a backend?I can see that a SQL database can be very useful for a Shop Application (coupled with a backend) or some sort of address book on the web, telephone book, calender apps, etc., but a Forum?Anyhow, I would really like to hear what others think.Sincerely, Nitai Aventaggiato CEO-- Tools to energize your business Content Management & eBusiness SystemsComputerOil GmbH http://computeroil.com/ Unionstrasse 4 info@computeroil.com 8032 Zürich/Switzerland Tel: +41 (0)43 333 1 555 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
On 17.4.2003 22:36 Uhr, Clint Davis wrote:> They also offer a hosted-solution that's built with Oracle I think, and it's > used by some very big name companies.Now this really leads me to a question that I wondered about for a long time.Why in the world would people (companies) want to have a Forum or a CMS with a Oracle, MS SQL or whatever enterprise database as a backend?I can see that a SQL database can be very useful for a Shop Application (coupled with a backend) or some sort of address book on the web, telephone book, calender apps, etc., but a Forum?Anyhow, I would really like to hear what others think.Sincerely, Nitai Aventaggiato CEO-- Tools to energize your business Content Management & eBusiness SystemsComputerOil GmbH http://computeroil.com/ Unionstrasse 4 info@computeroil.com 8032 Zürich/Switzerland Tel: +41 (0)43 333 1 555 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Nitai @ ComputerOil

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