Free
Easily backed up in real time (Mirroring/Clustering)
Reversible transactions (Rollback)
Audit trails (Log files)
Operating System independent
Easily extracted and processed Business Intelligence
Disconnected datasets
Dave
-----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: 03 February 2017 14:31 To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: DBF why you suck so bad.
Of course they don't really, as evidenced by the fact they're still around after all these years.
However if someone was unconvinced as to why SQL Server (or any other big-iron database like PostgreSQL, Maria, Oracle ) is better going forward, purely in terms of the data layer, what would you say in addition to the items below ?
* Scalable
* Secure in terms of authentication and authorisation
* Not malware vector at a file level, as such
* Can be backed up while in use
* Logging
* Speed especially with many connections
* Modern reporting and analytics tools geared up to talk to it
* Modern development stacks are designed to work with it
* Cloud-deployable
* Things that should happen server side can happen with sprocs
* Multi-user locking and access won't be messed up inadvertently by future OS versions or patches * Supported
Thanks
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Alan Bourke
alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
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