Re: Database Selection

Posted in 1998

Art S. Kagel — Wed, 09 Sep 1998 18:16:27 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Vivian Lee wrote: > > I am a student and doing a research on database selection. > > I hope someone can kindly tell me generally what are the criteria a user > will consider when selecting the right database. > > It will be best if someone can tell me which website is helpful for my > research. Three basic criteria: 1) Features - Which DBMS comes closest to having all of the features I need. How can I do those things that it cannot? 2) Performance - How fast. 3) Cost. Art S. Kagel