Re: searching for the right dbm ...

In article <5mpsvb$80l@chleuasme.francenet.fr>, fgm@soon.com (Frederic MARAND) wrote: > Andrea Frascari <mir5360@iperbole.bologna.it> wrote: > > >Hello, > > >I'm developing an application that will manage medium amounts of data. > >The analysis is completed, and it's now time to undertake some > >architectural > >decisions, such as which database to use. > >The application will run on Windows 95 and NT. > >What follows is a list of the main features the database is supposed to > >have: > >- cost: free for the end users. We need an "unlimited" licence. > >- ODBC support > >- SQL-based > Then forget about Paradox. > > >- sicurety: hi, transaction support required: the application will > >manage big money transfers ! > Then forget about MS SQL > > >- performance: hi retreival and insertion speed: the number of records > >will not be huge though (biggest tables around 25,000 recors). > > >Any suggestion? > That leaves the majors: Oracle, Informix, Sybase. > And the "interesting" ones, that are not major, and have more affordable > prices with reasonable performance: Borland Interbase, IBM DB2 on OS2. Another 'interesting one' is OpenM from InterSystems. Send me your full postal address for a full demo CD and user guide Phil > > >What do you folks think of Microsoft Access for instance? Does it come > >with an "unlimited" licence? > No, one seat at a time. > > FG Marand: fgm@soon.com > --------------------------------------------------- > O.S.I. Vente par correspondance: Fax: 01 69 31 27 70 > Agorus Vente au d'tail: T'l: 01 69 30 80 10 > Fax: 01 69 31 27 70 >