For small sites you can handle the volume with Microsoft's MSDE (free). The
current version is throttled to 8 concurrent processes (3 system and 5
user), but a well-written n-tier application can work well until revenue
picks up and an upgrade to SQL Server Standard is possible ($5K per CPU).
Of course there are negatives, but still a lot better than either MySQL or
MS Access.
p.s. - Not being a troll, just pointing out the often overlooked engine
included with Visual Studio. I'm actually agnostic when it comes to Oracle
and SQL Server. I only turn funny colors when asked to code against
completely Mickey Mouse engines that have no place in a distributed
architecture. :-)
--
Michael D. Long
"Glen A Stromquist" <glen_stromquist_at_no_spam_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> I'm in the midst of designing a web page for someone I know with a Hotel
> business, and I can see that in the not-to-distant future if it grows much
> and they want online booking features etc.. it will need a database of
> some sorts in the back end, so it'll be time to learn MYSQL or something
> of the sort, anything but the detestable MSAccess. An old version of
> oracle would suffice quite nicely for what I have in mind, but the dollars
> involved would make it out of the question.
Received on Tue Sep 14 2004 - 20:46:52 CDT
