Re: One Million User Accounts

Thanks. One of the reasons for going with DB auth is that it should be easier to integrate with things like LDAP. I am just getting my feet wet here. A lot to learn still with APEX.

On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:06 AM Bill Ferguson <wbfergus_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, theoretically, since all Apex apps reside in the database, Apex
> applications can scale to whatever your database can scale to. It all
> depends on which authentication method you choose for how well it work in
> practice though. LDAP is probably more convenient for users (one less
> password), can also be problematic with the cloud, especially for
> Government applications. Then you'll probably need SAML 2.0, which is a
> real pain to get setup. But standard database authentication can easily
> scale to whatever you want, and you can also include your own password
> validation functions.
>
> Bill Ferguson
>
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 8:28 PM Ethan Post <post.ethan_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I could use one of the other forms of auth and even roll my own. Easy
>> enough to change likely if I ever get to that point. Honestly if I ever get
>> to 100-1000 users I will be happy. I figure if Oracle can handle 1M it can
>> handle 1000 easily without concern. Since APEX offers db auth as an option
>> they should be looking a being able to scale to 1M if they can't already.
>> Global scale of any app is unpredictable.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 1:54 PM Reen, Elizabeth <elizabeth.reen_at_citi.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Why do they have to be at the Oracle level? Could you
>>> not do this in the application?
>>>
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>>>
>>> Liz
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>>> Liz Reen
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>>> oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org> *On Behalf Of *[External] Ethan Post
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>>> *Subject:* One Million User Accounts
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>>>
>>> Anyone tried to create 1000's-1,000,000 user accounts and seen if there
>>> are any issues? I can't believe there would be but I recall a bug or
>>> something going back in which I ran into issues with a high # of user
>>> accounts.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Ethan
>>>
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