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From: tom@litle.COM (Tom Hampton)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Is an RDBMS a real world solution to data processing?
Message-ID: <629320615.tom@litle.COM>
Date: 10 Dec 89 19:16:55 GMT
Reply-To: tom@litle.COM (Tom Hampton)
Organization: Litle & Co.
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We are operating under the assumption that moving from a 
proprietary, index file based system to an RDMMS offers us a lot in terms
of functionality.  Presumably, members of this group agree.

But how far can you take it:

	* how big are your databases?
	* how fast is your access?
	* does it make life that easy?

Are we naive? What's it like in the real world?
Do you ever wish you were operating with straight C rather
than SQL?