Comments on: Zoho Adds Another Database http://gigaom.com/collaboration/zoho-adds-another-database/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:45:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sridhar Vembu http://gigaom.com/collaboration/zoho-adds-another-database/#comment-64645 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:12:13 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/04/zoho-adds-another-database/#comment-64645 Mike, Thanks for the review! On Zoho Creator vs Zoho DB, yes, the key difference is programmability via scripting vs custom in-depth reporting. We will integrate them at the data level, so data collected through Creator can be reported on via DB, but we feel the depth and sophistication we offer in a reporting product cannot be captured in a scripting product, and vice versa. Similar distinction can be made between Zoho Sheet vs Zoho DB.

In fact, once APIs are ready, Zoho DB will offer a convenient back-end for applications, exactly the way a “web database” should work – no more, no less. Here the crucial difference is that Zoho Creator offers a hosted programming environment (with a DB backing), while Zoho DB offers the DB layer directly, and you-bring-your-language.

The other key difference is that Zoho DB embraces SQL, and supports all major dialects of it, in Zoho DB. We will flesh out this functionality even further in future updates. We have some cool technology in AdventNet, called SwisSQL, that is behind this functionality.

Sridhar

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