[Hidden-tech] suggestions needed for a relational database

[Greg Major]

Hi,

I do this all the time and though the suggestions by the others are 
valid you must also take into account what type of IT infrastructure 
that you have. A DBMS like MySQL, PostGreSQl, Oracle, are all excellent 
and will work great but if you don't have a person really familiar with 
DBMSs then I suggest you use Firebird (http://www.firebirdsql.org). This 
is open source and as good as the above mentioned databases but it 
manages itself automatically, running cleanup, etc....The longer it runs 
the better it runs and it's memory and file size doesn't keep growing 
and needing attention. Handles demands from hundreds of concurrent users 
from web apps and desktop apps (openoffice, etc) equally well.

Hope this helps.
>
>
> Thank you for all of the suggestions. Here is additional information 
> about what will be tracked and who will be entering the data:
>
> The purpose is to track student information to see if the program is 
> helping with GPA, test scores, etc. Instructors collect data on: GPA 
> pre- and post-course, math test scores, which students dropped out 
> during the school year, which students went on to a 4-year college, 
> attendance, graduation rates, infraction rates.
>
> Staff running the course at another college use  Efforts to Outcomes 
> software. The problem is that many teachers stopped uploading the 
> above information because the process was very tedious. So the 
> database must support multiple users and be easy to use.
>
> Keri
>
> · Keri L. Heitner, Ph.D.
> All Aspects Research
> 413 549-0154 ph/fax (ET)
> kheitner at earthlink.net <mailto:kheitner at earthlink.net>
>
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