">BHa@ixl.com wrote:
>
> I would reccomend Linux w/ Oracle for development purposes. You may want to
> install MRTG to monitor systems usage. That will give you a confidence on
> what the production platform should be (Solaris/Sparc or Linux/Intel).
Currently have Oracle installed on my laptop and use it to test all my
code before moving it into production.
What is MRTG?
>
> Have you looked at MySQL? In my previous life, unless you need transaction
> processing, MySQL would do the job nicely compared to "industrial-strength"
> Oracle.
Yeah, I need the transaction processing. Plus, the corporation has a
contract with Oracle, so I won't be out any bucks by going that route.
> What you will be using for scripting? Java? Perl? ...
Right now perl/dbi for database connectivity.
>
> Bao
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