[NTLUG:Discuss] database(s) on Linux

[MadHat]

On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 16:20, Fred James wrote:
> Anyone care to weight in on which database to use on Linux?
> Our current applications were developed on the Oracle Client/Server
> model, but we are going to re-develop the whole thing on a browser
> front-end model, and it might just be time to reconsider the underlying
> databases as well.
> Thanks in advance for any insight you may offer.

How large of a database? 
How many tables, how many rows?
What language(s) are you going to be writing you app in?
How is the application going to be sold or presented?  Like are you
giving it away, or is it going to be sold and want something that can be
licensed and/or have a support contract from a third party.

Personally I like MySQL and have used it for years with no major
issues.  I also like the fact that there easy ties into Perl, PHP, TCL
and pretty much every other language.    I REALLY like PHPMyAdmin, BTW.

as for issues...
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Bugs.html

The question is very open ended.  Without more details, you can have
every answer on the Internet. 

like: MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, miniSQL (mSQL), Postgress, Informix, DB2,
flatfile, BerkeleyDB, SAPDB, HypersonicSQL, InterBase, GNU SQL,
GigaBASE, DBMaker, Empress, Adabas, DBIX, TEXIS....

and probably more...

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