Centerboard’s unique design allows for the implementation of most production quality database engines.  This is accomplished because our application development avoids any process that may be unique to an individual database platform.  Oracle, Microsoft, Sybase and MySQL offer great database engines and services.  Many software companies choose one specific database platform to build an application on top of.  Centerboard does not take this approach, instead only relying on a database to store and retrieve information.  

The Centerboard database tables are defined by two separate groups.  The first are core tables which maintain all the system structures needed by the Centerboard functions. The second are logging tables that track every event that occurs and the information concerning these events.  You can run each group on separate servers, databases or operating system if you desire ensuring the ability to handle any workload you throw at Centerboard.

There are no stored procedures (actual program coding within a database engine) developed for Centerboard. 

Centerboard does not use database triggers (procedural code that is automatically executed in response to certain events on a particular table or element in a database).

This open design may require more development time but the efficient manner in which these database offering execute is well worth the sacrifice.  Corossol Software feels that our clients should have their choice of database.  If you currently have a production database then
you simply can add Centerboards tables and you’re ready to go.  You won’t need a fulltime Database Analyst to maintain your data because of Centerboard’s design.

Centerboard supports the following database offerings:

MySQL by Sun Microsystems - A free version is available as well as updated offerings that include Cluster Architecture.  All current offerings will work with the Centerboard application.  We even support past dated MySQL platforms.  The list of certified MySQL platforms includes versions 4.1, 5.0 and 6.0.

SQL Server by Microsoft - There are free editions, specialized editions and core editions of SQL Server.  Centerboard will work using any of them.  Certification is complete for SQL Server 2003, 2005 and 2008.

Oracle and Sybase offerings will work but have not been certified.  If you have a requirement for either contact us.  Certification for these offerings is planned for completion in the near future.