The Dawn of a New Era. Maybe?
Category: Developer's Corner
Have a look at these two news items in rapid succession:
If you’re a MySQL user, you may join me in feeling a bit confused right now.
There are already whispers amongst the community of a suddenly increased interest in Ingres and PostgreSQL. There are suddenly storm clouds on the horizon for projects like GlassFish. The only thing that seems to be certain right now is that everyone is uncertain what will happen.
The upside of this (if there is one) is that this is a perfect time to go through your apps and make sure you’re using a Database Abstraction Layer. It’s a great time to think about any DB-specific functions (views, stored procedures, etc) that you’ve implemented and how they may be implemented elsewhere. Suddenly these sorts of tasks, which you’ve been putting off for years, have a new sense of urgency.
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