RE: [PHP] Re: How important is your Express or Web Edition database? Please weigh in--

On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 16:41 -0600, Boyd, Todd M. wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrew Ballard [mailto:aballard@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:26 PM > > To: Bastien Koert > > Cc: Shawn McKenzie; php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: How important is your Express or Web Edition > > database? Please weigh in-- > > > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Bastien Koert <phpster@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Shawn McKenzie > > <nospam@mckenzies.net>wrote: > > > > > >> Stan Stadelman wrote: > > >> > Hello All: > > >> > > > >> > I'm trying to see how Web Edition databases are being used in your > > >> company > > >> > for PHP-driven web-apps. Our strategy team thought that free and > > >> community > > >> > editions would be dominant, but we interviewed Zend Framework > > developers > > >> > using Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and it looks > > >> > like--surprise--that each vendors' market share is about the same > > as in > > >> the > > >> > broad commercial market. > > >> > > > >> > We think this means that you--the PHP developer community--aren't > > >> actually > > >> > using the lightweight Web/Express Edition for your corporate web- > > app > > >> > deployment, and instead are building out on the licenses for > > databases > > >> your > > >> > company is already running. > > >> > > > >> > Is the Express/Community/Web Edition important for you at work? Is > > it a > > >> > critical sandboxing step for you? Do you run it live for internal > > >> > applications? > > >> > > > >> > Answering these 10 multiple choice questions--should take about 90 > > >> > seconds--will help us understand what databases you need in your > > >> > professional life, and how to deliver them to you. > > >> > > > >> > Happy cooking, and thanks! > > >> > > > >> > > > > > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Jro0rkoIGJKuQNpfWZV_2bBQ_3d_3d > > >> > > > >> > > >> What exactly are, Express or Web Edition databases? > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Thanks! > > >> -Shawn > > >> http://www.spidean.com > > >> > > >> > > > Just another marketing tool to sell a limited toolset db to punters > > who like > > > marketing hype > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Bastien > > > > I thought they were free. Limited, but free. (reduced functionality or > > limited number of connections compared to the commercial versions of > > the products) I've not heard of "Web Edition", but I have heard of > > both SQL Server and Oracle Express. I haven't used them, but I guess > > the idea I have in mind is of products that are supposed to be just > > good enough to use in either embedded apps or else to entice > > developers into wanting the full version for server apps. > > I use SQLExpress (SQL Server Express) all the time at work for prototyping and such... > although, I have to say--if my company hadn't installed it on my machine to begin with, and > they weren't running SQL Server 2005 on the production servers, I would rather just use a > private MySQL installation for prototyping and then push to a MySQL production server. Alas... > > > // Todd For me it's MySQL all the way. My company is too cheap to pay for later versions of MS SQL Server, so the versions we have there are *very* limited in features (for example, no limit function!) MySQL also seems a lot faster for me too. I regularly deal with large databases (think millions of records) and MSSQL is a real bottleneck here, whereas MySQL seems fine (althogh, it is running on Linux, which frees up more resources for actually getting stuff done!) Oh, funny thing. I filled in the questionnaire above, and when it got to the final 'thanks' page, I clicked the button, and it bombed out to a completely blank page. Doesn't bode too well for a company attempting to sell a product for use in enterprise situations! Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk