[mso] Re: Dian won't be around much either :VSMail MX3
- From: "Greg Chapman" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 15:45:11 -0600
<g> Nothing if the conditions of the following points have been properly
met:
1. Do you really need to use a database? Prove it.
2. Are you using the database as a container or do you intend to analyze
the contents of the container?
3. Are you following manufacturer guidelines in choosing your DB host?
4. Data structures live forever. Does that scare you? Why (not)?
5. By extension, data stored in a data structure lives forever. Does
that scare you? Why (not)?
6. Can you define when this database solution will be replaced/retired?
7. If you're hit by a bus, what happens to the database, or worse, the
data?
8. Am I in your database? Do I really need to be?
9. If you get hit by a bus and you answered all the previous in such a
way as to justify a database and analysis tools, why shouldn't item 8
scare the hell out of me?
10. If it can be done efficiently in text, why are you using a database?
11. It's not XML data, is it?
That ought to be enough.<g> An excellent example of a lousy database
with poor security, support and efficiency is the Lotus Notes mail
database system. But an excellent example of a proper need for a
database is Lotus Notes. See how this works?
An excellent example of a database tool is Access. An excellent example
of a poor database is an Access database hosted on a server for high
concurrency load without the use of a Transactional interface.
An excellent example of a bad database design is to use Oracle on a web
server to collect and store the data from a Comments page on the site.
An excellent example of a database that is too dangerous to contemplate
is one with untracked privileges and stored procedures for which
auditing can't be performed...and it has my social security number in
it. Which will die sooner; me or my SSN? What's the best way to get
illicit access to my SSN? Through a heavy database somewhere with
average management to monitor it.
Sure, I love databases and what people do with them, drunk or sober!!<g>
Greg Chapman
http://www.mousetrax.com
"Counting in binary is as easy as 01, 10, 11!
With thinking this clear, is coding really a good idea?"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James LaBorde
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 3:35 PM
> To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [mso] Re: Dian won't be around much either :VSMail MX3
>
>
>
> Greg,
>
> And just what do you have against databases?<beg>
>
> James
>
*************************************************************
You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or
MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to
mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe
Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow
you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail).
//www.freelists.org/webpage/mso
To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a
request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with
instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to
upload/download files:
http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles
*************************************************************
Other related posts:
