Re: Web Applications: Oracle vs. Sybase vs Informix

"Mark Johnson" <mkjohns_at_ix.netcom.com> writes:

>I am in the process of developing a web-enabled data warehouse and need to
>choose a database. Of course I would like to choose one of the major players
>(Oracle, Sybase, Informix). I am most familiar with Oracle but it seems to
>be quite expensive for publishing data on the web. ($45,000 per processor
>for unlimited use internet applications).

        Informix is going to run you about the same amount.

>Also I am very interested in the comments anyone else might have in enabling
>dynamic web applications using any of these databases. The application that
>we have written in Oracle is a reporting mechanism that allows distributors
>to query their volumes, organizations, and other pertinent and constantly
>changing information. We have also written a custom internet-enabled
>ordering system.

        There are plenty of third-party products that are superior to products from Informix or Oracle or Sybase -- and they all link to these DBMSes and others. Use one of them.

                                        Seth

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