Re: SQL Server Yukon

From: Frank <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:15:50 +0100
Message-ID: <bnt8po$42u$1@news2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl>

Karl Schendel wrote:

> In article <3F9E884A.363B43BD_at_remove_spam.peasland.com>,
> Brian Peasland <dba_at_remove_spam.peasland.com> wrote:
>
>

>>>>and it's gonna get worse. just wait for M$ to bundle the db with the
>>>>OS...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Not going to happen.
>>>
>>>Microsoft is not going to give away 90+% of the revenues from SQL
>>>Server just to gain a slightly
>>>larger share of the RDBMS market on a single platform.
>>
>>Actually, it is supposed to happen. It has been widely publicized that
>>M$ will be replacing NTFS with a database running the SQL Server engine
>>(should be appearing in Longhorn). Instead of a file system that uses
>>directories, etc., one will just put their files into a database. It
>>should be obvious to this group the advantages of this approach. 

>
>
> Surely you meant "disadvantages". There are plenty of obvious
> disadvantages, but very few obvious advantages to taking something
> simple (files in a directory) and making it complex (files in an
> SQL database). Just sticking a file in a "database" isn't going to
> make it searchable or locate-able in any meaningful way.
>
> Karl

Oracle did that about 4 years ago - IronMan project, as well as iFiles (now dubbed Content Management tool, or somthing similar).

And it has advantages: searching for a particular word inside a directory full of PDF files is instantly - compare that to MS.

-- 
Regards, Frank van Bortel

Received on Fri Oct 31 2003 - 03:15:50 CST