re: Large databases in WebCat
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >When, if ever, would you recomend that a customer go with a SQL DB vs. >Web Catalog?For today, at least:If the web server *must* be unix instead of Windows or Mac. If you have more database than memory (millions of records), although hybrids are still quite viable (WebCatalog for the store, SQL for the millions of customer records). If your MIS department requires that the backice SQL server be kept up-to-date (e.g. inventory levels) on a second-to-second basis, although even SQL can't handle record-locking in a stateless web environment.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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>When, if ever, would you recomend that a customer go with a SQL DB vs. >Web Catalog?For today, at least:If the web server *must* be unix instead of Windows or Mac. If you have more database than memory (millions of records), although hybrids are still quite viable (WebCatalog for the store, SQL for the millions of customer records). If your MIS department requires that the backice SQL server be kept up-to-date (e.g. inventory levels) on a second-to-second basis, although even SQL can't handle record-locking in a stateless web environment.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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