Re: Web Applications: Oracle vs. Sybase vs Informix

Postmaster General wrote: > > Sujit Pal wrote: > > > If you are using CGI and Informix, then you can use the DBI:Perl module = > > for pulling the data out. I grant you this is more of a string and = > > baling wire approach, but since your queries are standard, the effort is = > > a one-time deal. > > > > Just my $0.02 worth. Please correct me if I am wrong. Also I would be = > > interested in knowing what these Web plug-ins do for these databases. = > > They must be doing something major for the kind of prices they are = > > asking. > > > > OK, > CGI bin scripts have a certain amount of overhead. > The cleanest implementation is WebObjects. > Don't take my word for it, check out Apple, or some of the sites which are > powered by it. > > -Mikey Why bother with a plug-in there are many RDBMS middle ware solutions (yes my company has one http://www.quantumsi.com) that allow Java applets to have full access to a remote database via JDBC, ODBC and other mappings. Uploading a little a 8K of Java byte code gets you all the features of database access in Java. - Jon