Re: Which Database?

Just Do your own research. You asking questions, that only you have to answer. Technology to do this exist, but it is still new and success heavily depends on expertise and skills of the team or professional, who actually doing the job. P.S. By the way: don't look for cheap solutions here. Howard Yen wrote in message <34EBC39E.31D01444@cornell.edu>... > I need to use a database for a web site that implements stock trading. >We need to >be able to support 500,000+ users where each user will have his/her >account along with his/her portfolio, transaction history, etc. the >database needs to be access over the web. > >there will also be transaction involve where at the end of the day users >order (buy, sell etc.) will need to e executed. > >I need a database that is robust, scalable and that can support a lot of >records and tables. > >I heard about MySQL is it any good? how well does it compare to Oracle >or Sybase. >