DB API

[Boudewijn Rempt]

Simon Faulkner <News at titanic.co.uk> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply...

>>> with most^H^H^H^Hall database servers<<
> Is this a typo or am I missing something?

No, not really ;-). When I was typing this, I suddenly realized that
I don't know of any database server where it's a good idea to slurp
thousands of rows over the network to the client. (Still, it is, or was
company policy at the place I work at - according to the lead programmer
'Nothing is as fast as core memory. We need all the data in the core
memory of the client. Heck, they'll start up once a day, at most - it
won't matter if we put 130 mb in VB collections - it'll be fast!' That
programm will never be started again... It's canceled.)

> I have my database working online!!!  GREAT!

Congratters!

> Which database do you recommend?  MySQL is free (or v. cheap)

MySQL is what I use myself. I'm used to Oracle (and have it installed,
indeed - but for most applications it's really overkill). Postgres is
nice - but it doesn't have a DB-API II interface, as far as I know.

> I am keen to try everything.

So am I, but when I saw that SuSE Linux comes with Ingres, Postgres,
MySQL, DB-2 and a few others (Sybase or Informix, not to mention
Flagship), I decided not to bother ;-).

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