Nick_W
msg:661741 | 1:15 pm on Jul 5, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Hi, I don't know the specifics but like most of M$ products in the server-side field it certainly has a bad reputation. I'll let the real experts give you the specifics but I'd swing a wide arc around that thing if I were you... Nick
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SEO practioner
msg:661742 | 2:36 pm on Jul 5, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Timmy- Nick is 100% right. Personally, when I design a database-driven site, I almost always use MySQL and have it run over PHP or JSP. Unless a client specifically requests a MS product such as Access, I go the MySQL route. I even go so far as sometimes discouraging them to use Access. Access is also very limited in the amount of data it can hold. If your site grows fast, as it should, you may run out of space with access. Good luck
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TimmyMagic
msg:661743 | 3:07 pm on Jul 5, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Thanks for your comments. Although i don't know too much about it, I did think that MS Access may not hold enough info. I'm a bit gutted though, because the site I wish to model mine on looks good. I don't have any experience of MySQL so I will have to start learning. Cheers, Tim
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TimmyMagic
msg:661744 | 3:26 pm on Jul 5, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Upon relaying my concerns about MS Access, the guy whose site I am wanting to model mine on replied: "The dbase is efficient to about 2-300,000 members, whereafter a conversion to MySQL would be a good idea. This conversion is very simple - a programmer
could write a script for it in a matter of hours. I am not aware of any MySQL dbases for this kind of site." Is he correct? Cheers, Tim
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killroy
msg:661745 | 3:34 pm on Jul 5, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Well, I took long enough to do the jump to MySQL (not from MS but my own engine), and it was well worth it. One I overcame my own fear of the onknown, it turned out to be much simpler then my previous solution. If you spend some time to get into ti you will find that not only is MySQL technically suitable, but also quite easy to mantain, run and program for. SN
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txbakers
msg:661746 | 3:23 am on Jul 6, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Absolutely avoid Access for any web database. Use mySql. It's free and easy to get up and running on any platform server. Access is a good desktop database, not a server, and can't handle web traffic.
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