New SNG tracking program (stats/features help)

[MrPotatoHead]

I think the inconvenience of running MSDE/SQL Server is far out weighed by the benefits gained. It is very self maintaining and scales well. If you play 40-50 sitngos a day after a year you might have a million hands in the database. If you want to do some serious comparisons with ICM you might want to import another 10 million hands from some of your friends. Never underestimate the importance of an industrial strength backend, particularly if you sit in front of your computer for 16 hours a day playing poker.

[EdgePort]

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I think the inconvenience of running MSDE/SQL Server is far out weighed by the benefits gained. It is very self maintaining and scales well. If you play 40-50 sitngos a day after a year you might have a million hands in the database. If you want to do some serious comparisons with ICM you might want to import another 10 million hands from some of your friends. Never underestimate the importance of an industrial strength backend, particularly if you sit in front of your computer for 16 hours a day playing poker.

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This is exactly why I am using derby (aka IBM Cloudscape) for the app I had started. Using JDBC, so that it could be moved to any JDBC compliant SQL app (mySQL, Postgres) later. But the platform really doesn't matter for this discussion. Until anyone is willing to open source what they have and others are willing to help out, none of it matters.

[rachelwxm]

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I'm definitely going to break it down hand by hand because I want it to show how I do in ICM terms on each level.

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My program tracks ROI breakdown by levels. Not individual hand though. And using database is beyond my current ablity although I have worked on a project for FoxPro 10 years ago.