[cvsnt] Re: CVSNT 2.6 database engine?

[Tony Hoyle]

Luigi D. Sandon wrote:
> MSDE and MS SQL Express:
> 
> 1) Are not cross-plaform
> 2) Database size is limite (4 GB in SQL Express 2005)
> 3) Can't use SMP.
> 4) Are a bit "heavy" anyway - install them on the same machine of CVSNT and 
> a good slice of RAM has gone.
> 
> 
>>Also the freebie Oracle versions...
> 
> 
> ? AFAIK there is nothing free from Oracle. Oracle at least is 
> cross-platform, but it can be expensive.
> 
Oracle downloads are free for development 
(http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/index.html) but not for 
deployment.

OTOH I think it's too complex for most people... I'd expect people who 
used that to be using it internally & have a trained DBA already.

It's really not an either/or choice... the database API is quite simple 
and if someone has a favourite database implementing an interface to it 
is quite fast.  My intention is to support as many databases as I can 
reasonably maintain.


Tony