SharePoint Lists vs Database Tables performance

Question

1. We are looking to store transactional data in SharePoint lists. The lists will easily grow to 100,000+ items.
2. How would the query performance be compared with que

Answer 1

Having done this myself, I would say try to avoid it if possible! It's a minefield, especially after about 100,000 rows.

Something that can end up biting you as well, is that the search crawler can start timing out trying to crawl really large lists - you can increase the time outs, but it's the beginning of a loosing battle.