Re: Real time database access from Web

Marcus Frood wrote: > > On Sun, 01 Dec 1996 15:19:40 -0700, Karen Roner <karen@skylink.net> > wrote: > > > Better to stick with the cgi standard.... > >> We have found CGI to be extremely slow at accessing large volumes of > >information on our site. We have implemented a product called Cold Fusion > >from Allaire.com It accesses any ODBC database, allows for form input, > >modification and extremely fast output. Currently www.propertyline.com is > >utilizing access 7.0 relational data structures to distribute large > >amounts of commercial real estate info to it's subscribers. Cold Fusion > >1.o is effiicient using CGI calls, however Cold Fusion 2.0 utilizes > >API's and it is extraordinary. The previous webmaster Jim Petrosino, put > >all of its current technology in place and was one of the controlled beta > >testers for Cold Fusion. If you are looking at implementing large > >structures into your website, I highly recommend this product. > > > >Karen Roner > >ISM for Property Line > >karen@skylink.net > >www.propertyline.com/empkaren.htm > <snip> Cold Fusion will NOT handle a busy web site. I almost lost my company when Cold Fusion slowed to a crawl with only about 20 con-current hits. And this setup was using MS SQL server. The other problem with Cold Fusion is there tech support. It is almost non-existent. I solved the problem and stayed in business by switching to SQL2HTML by http://www.nutech.com. Shawn and Raven at Nutech spent alot of time helping me convert my CF apps to stored procedures. You can see my main application for their product at http://cyberproducts.com Reid