Database delirium? Not quite
Plain old databases don't excite our readers,
but Web technologies and Java do
May 1996
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Database delirium? Not quite
Plain old databases don't excite our readers,
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May 1996
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92 percent of those who did feel compelled to reply are directly involved in the development or management of a relational, object-oriented, or large flat-file databases. And Oracle still reigns among them. 35 percent say Oracle is the primary engine for transaction-oriented databases at their organizations. Sybase and Informix follow at 21 percent and 19 percent, respectively. The largest transaction database with which they are involved falls in the range of one to five gigabytes (40 percent), and 20 percent develop or manage transaction databases of 20 to 100 gigabytes.
Oracle is also the primary engine for query-style databases (42 percent), while Sybase (19 percent) and Informix (17 percent) again lag behind. 28 percent of these query-style databases are one to five gigabytes, and 23 percent are less than a gigabyte.
According to our readers, Oracle will keep enjoying its success. 56 percent say that the company will see even more success in the coming years. Others who will experience a bright or even brighter future include Microsoft SQL server (52 percent see more success) and object-oriented DBMS vendors (51 percent say such vendors will gain popularity). Who will be less successful? 51 percent say XBase, followed by CA/Ingres (47 percent), DB2 (42 percent), and Sybase and RDB (both 39 percent).
60 percent of the respondents say plans for linking their existing databases to Web servers involve connection to both internal and external 'nets. Three-tier databases will also become important to their companies in the future (48 percent).
But the real changes surrounding databases will be the emergence of new Web technologies and the continued fascination with and implementation of Java. 84 percent believe Web technologies will change the way their organizations' users access databases. 55 percent say new Web technologies have already affected user access. 52 percent of the respondents agree that Java will change the presentation of information in their databases. An overwhelming 94 percent plan to learn more about Java, and 83 percent plan to learn Java or JavaScript programming.
Even though they see Microsoft SQL Server being more successful in the future (perhaps in other companies), our readers aren't examining it seriously themselves now. Only 18 percent are testing or are planning to test it, while 76 percent are not testing it. 13 percent have actually deployed Microsoft SQL Server, and a majority (64 percent) have absolutely no plans to deploy it.
These respondents' organizations are using Solaris 2 on most of
their database servers (40 percent) and Windows and Win '95 (58
percent) on their desktops. Only 28 percent have deployed a data
warehouse, but 58 percent are in the planning stage.
--Carolyn W.C. Wong
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Number of respondents: 55
as of 12:00 p.m. on April 29, 1996
Yes: 92.2%
No: 7.8%
We don't use a transaction-oriented database: 8.3%
Access: 2.1%
CA/Ingres: 2.1%
DB2: 0.0%
Empress: 0.0%
Informix: 18.8%
Microsoft SQL Server: 0.0%
Object Design: 2.1%
Objectivity: 0.0%
Oracle: 35.4%
Perl (or shell scripts): 0.0%
Progress: 4.2%
RDB: 0.0%
SAP: 0.0%
Sybase: 20.8%
XBase: 0.0%
Other: 6.2%
less than 1 gigabyte: 15.6%
1 to 5 gigabytes: 40.0%
6 to 20 gigabytes: 17.8%
20 to 100 gigabytes: 20.0%
more than 100 gigabytes: 6.7%
We don't use a query-oriented databases: 0.0%
Access: 4.2%
CA/Ingres: 2.1%
DB2: 0.0%
Empress: 0.0%
Informix: 16.7%
Microsoft SQL Server: 0.0%
Object Design: 2.1%
Objectivity: 0.0%
Oracle: 41.7%
Perl (or shell scripts): 4.2%
Progress: 2.1%
RDB: 0.0%
SAP: 0.0%
Sybase: 18.8%
XBase: 0.0%
Other: 8.3%
less than 1 gigabyte: 23.4%
1 to 5 gigabytes: 27.7%
6 to 20 gigabytes: 19.1%
20 to 100 gigabytes: 19.1%
more than 100 gigabytes: 4.3%
CA/Ingres
More: 4.4%
Same: 4.4%
Less: 46.7%
I don't know: 44.4%
DB2
More: 4.4%
Same: 28.9%
Less: 42.2%
I don't know: 24.4%
Empress
More: 0.0%
Same: 0.0%
Less: 22.2%
I don't know: 77.8%
Informix
More: 42.2%
Same: 35.6%
Less: 8.9%
I don't know: 13.3%
Microsoft SQL server
More: 52.2%
Same: 17.4%
Less: 15.2%
I don't know: 15.2%
OO DBMS vendors
More: 51.1%
Same: 11.1%
Less: 6.7%
I don't know: 31.1%
Oracle
More: 56.2%
Same: 27.1%
Less: 4.2%
I don't know: 12.5%
Progress
More: 4.4%
Same: 6.7%
Less: 24.4%
I don't know: 64.4%
RDB
More: 0.0%
Same: 4.5%
Less: 38.6%
I don't know: 56.8%
SAP
More: 17.8%
Same: 24.4%
Less: 24.4%
I don't know: 34.1%
Sybase
More: 22.7%
Same: 22.7%
Less: 38.6%
I don't know: 15.9%
XBase
More: 2.2%
Same: 0.0%
Less: 51.1%
I don't know: 47.7%
No plans: 14.6%
Connect to internal intranets: 22.9%
Connect to external intranets: 2.1%
Connect to both internal and external 'nets: 60.4%
I don't know: 0.0%
Two-tier databases are important to my organization now
Agree: 51.0%
Disagree: 15.7%
Don't know: 33.3%
Two-tier databases will become important to my organization in in the future
Agree: 51.0%
Disagree: 14.3%
Don't know: 34.7%
Three-tier databases are important to my organization now
Agree: 43.1%
Disagree: 19.6%
Don't know: 37.3%
Three-tier databases will become important to my organization in in the
future
Agree: 48.0%
Disagree: 8.0%
Don't know: 44.0%
Web technologies will change the way my organization's users access our
database(s)
Agree: 84.0%
Disagree: 10.0%
Don't know: 6.0%
Web technologies have already changed the way my organization's users access
our database(s)
Agree: 55.1%
Disagree: 38.8%
Don't know: 6.1%
Java will change the way my organization presents information in our
database(s)
Agree: 51.9%
Disagree: 17.3%
Don't know: 30.8%
Java has already changed the way my organization presents information in our
database(s)
Agree: 16.7%
Disagree: 64.6%
Don't know: 18.8%
I plan to learn more about Java
Agree: 93.9%
Disagree: 2.0%
Don't know: 4.1%
I plan to learn how to program with Java or JavaScript
Agree: 82.7%
Disagree: 7.7%
Don't know: 9.6%
We are testing, or plan to test Microsoft SQL Server
Agree: 18.0%
Disagree: 76.0%
Don't know: 6.0%
We have deployed Microsoft SQL Server
Agree: 12.5%
Disagree: 79.2%
Don't know: 8.3%
My organization has no plans to deploy Microsoft SQL Server
Agree: 64.0%
Disagree: 22.0%
Don't know: 14.0%
My organization is planning a data warehouse
Agree: 58.0%
Disagree: 26.0%
Don't know: 16.0%
My organization has deployed a data warehouse
Agree: 28.0%
Disagree: 62.0%
Don't know: 10.0%
on most of your database servers?
Solaris 1/SunOS 4.1.x: 13.5%
Solaris 2: 40.4%
HP-UX: 23.1%
AIX: 5.8%
IRIX: 0.0%
Digital Unix: 0.0%
Windows NT: 9.6%
Novell NetWare: 1.9%
Other: 5.8%
on most of your desktops?
Solaris 1/SunOS 4.1.x: 8.0%
Solaris 2: 12.0%
HP-UX: 6.0%
AIX: 2.0%
IRIX: 0.0%
Digital Unix: 0.0%
Windows & Win 95: 58.0%
DOS: 0.0%
Windows NT: 6.0%
OS/2: 0.0%
Macintosh: 2.0%
Other: 6.0%
1 - 9: 13.5%
10 - 29: 15.4%
30 - 99: 30.8%
100 - 499: 32.7%
Not applicable: 7.7%
1 - 9: 1.9%
10 - 29: 3.8%
30 - 99: 3.8%
100 - 499: 17.3%
500 - 1999: 28.8%
2000 - 9999: 19.2%
more than 10,000: 25.0%
Not applicable: 0.0%
I don't know: 0.0%
Systems administrator: 13.5%
Programmer or developer: 13.5%
Network administrator: 3.8%
Database administrator: 32.7%
Systems analyst: 3.8%
Webmaster: 3.8%
Consultant: 11.5%
Systems integrator: 1.9%
Other technical professional: 3.8%
Other manager: 7.7%
Student: 0.0%
Other: 3.8%
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