Re: sql or not sql

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Arturo Vargas wrote: > when do I need to use sql?Never? Sometimes? It depends?> > I will need to use a database with 75000 new records a year. > > Is SQL a must in this situation?Not unless each record is huge. If you can fit your entire database into RAM (and can keep buying RAM), then WebCat will probably always be faster than anything else.That said, it depends greatly on how you are searching the data and how much data you are returning to WebCat. I know that some people have noted that ODBC connections can be vastly slower under certain circumstances. But if you can create a indexed table which you access exclusively through a predefined view and return little data, you can maximize your SQL access.John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: sql or not sql (John Peacock 2002)
  2. sql or not sql (Arturo Vargas 2002)
Arturo Vargas wrote: > when do I need to use sql?Never? Sometimes? It depends?> > I will need to use a database with 75000 new records a year. > > Is SQL a must in this situation?Not unless each record is huge. If you can fit your entire database into RAM (and can keep buying RAM), then WebCat will probably always be faster than anything else.That said, it depends greatly on how you are searching the data and how much data you are returning to WebCat. I know that some people have noted that ODBC connections can be vastly slower under certain circumstances. But if you can create a indexed table which you access exclusively through a predefined view and return little data, you can maximize your SQL access.John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://search.smithmicro.com/ John Peacock

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