"it is simpler to use than Image"
A BIGGER crock of Crapola(tm), I haven't heard since my wedding vows.
NOTHING is easier to use than Image.
"the cost/performance "curve" seems to be favoring SQL more and more"
A bigger crock of Crapola(tm), I haven't heard since someone said "SQL was
simpler to use than Image". The only performance curve I've seen with SPL is
downward. I'm currently babysitting an SQL app that is averaging 3
transactions per second with a maximum speed of 194 transactions per second.
These are inserts, updates and deletes that are transferred from our hp.
Our pimply-faced gurus downstairs have upgraded the server, rebuilt the
server, reinstalled the software, upgraded the software and can't get any
more speed out of it.
* Crapola is a registered trademark of Microsoft Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Gambrell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 3:28 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Expensive RDBM Systems (Oracle)
"James B. Byrne" wrote:
>
> On 7 Mar 2001, at 15:41, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > This has actually been a 25-year-long running argument. Personally,
> > I'm on both sides of the argument at the same time and could argue the
> > merits on either side with equal conviction.
> >
>
> It is the same with me. But recently I have begun to lean more and
> more to the data management side.
>
This is a fruit to vegetables type of comparison. At the core, we
need a strong file system supported by the operating system,
then a transaction management journalizing system,
then a database system,
then a data management/dictionary system, etc.
MPE has the first 3, but the data management layer is weak.
However, we also have a world that knows SQL, maybe not well, but
nonetheless it is simpler to use than Image. With cheaper hardware
and more expensive programmers, the cost/performance "curve"
seems to be favoring SQL more and more. Poor SQL coding can
bring a system to it's knees, but so can poor Image coding or
design.
Note that Oracle offers a number of data management features
on top of the database, but you pay a *lot* for these features.
Note that things like stored procedures and triggers are
proprietary (pl/sql), just like Image calls.
SQL is not proprietary.
Richard
> Regards,
> Jim
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