Re: SQL or not

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From: Romain Strieff [TeamB]
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 00:00

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In article <346a4a98.8671338@forums.Borland.Com>, Bruce Allen (Bruce 
Allen) says...
> My experience with SQL is that it is very slowwwww.  I started out my
> project using Interbase SQL Server.  It was slow enough that we
> decided to spend an extra month to redo using DBF's instead.  I have
> read a number of posts and can attest to the performance hit you take
> when using an SQL server.  I guess you have to decide if the benefits
> of SQL are worth it.
> 
If you have millions of records and thousand(s) users it's faster than 
DBFs, but only then.<G>
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Romain Strieff [TeamB]
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