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Closed 9 years ago.
I want to start a web project in ASP.Net and still not decided which database to use. I have had experience with MSSQL and Oracle, but I want one that is free to the end user.
My options are: MySQL, Firebird and PostgreSQL.
What do you recommend and why?
Thanks for the support.
I've used MySql, PostgreSql, and MS Sql extensively. I would recommend MySql. It is easy to set up and configure, has all the features you will need, and is used by countless open source projects across the world, including Wordpress, which a ridiculous number of people use to power their websites.
I would use PostgreSql if you need more powerful and fine-grained support. It has been around a long time along with it's ancestors, and at one point powered the largest database in the world, a 2 petabyte database run by Yahoo.
For a simple web app, though, I would recommend MySql. It is used by more people, and is the de facto open source database.
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I've been getting acquainted with the Zend and Yii frameworks and am trying to understand the benefits of using some of their built-in methods to perform MYSQL queries. While I definitely see the benefits of using their classes to connect to the database, and to do things such as insert/update, I'm trying to understand the benefit of using objects for SELECTing from the database, as it seems to just obscure the MYSQL statement when the queries are complicated. Is there any benefit, or is it just a matter of preference?
First, i'm not a Zend or even a PhP developer, but I would say that your already pointed out the biggest advantage : "obscuring" the SQL; That way you're not tight with 1 specific DBMS. For example, you don't select a range the same way in mysql and sql server. So let's suppose you switch from the one to the other, if you're not using the framework objects for doing your queries, you may need to rewrite it.
If you use the framework, you'll probably only have to switch database connectors (or whatever they're called in the framework).
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Closed 10 years ago.
i am planning to make an android app for social networking with at most user base of 10000.
with almost the full-fledged feature of a social networking site
So estimating the maximum concurrent users to be 1000,please help in the following points
whether MYSql will work fine or should i use MYSql with hadoop?
whether i should go with Amazon EC2 or a shared hosting account
of GoDaddy.com is sufficient?
because I am unable to estimate the complexity and scalabiity of the project
If you are asking if you should use Hadoop, i suspect you have no idea what its for. In your case, likely not.
Shared hosting probably wont be enough. But this depends on factors that are impossible to estimate without a lot more information.
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Closed 10 years ago.
We are trying identifying an alternative for MySQL
Since the Oracle takeover of Sun a commercial license is now needed for this product. We currently include the MySQL server, LIBMYSQL.DLL (C API) and JDBC driver (JAVA API) with our products.
We need to investigate alternatives that will not require commercial licensing. Options that we have:
Using an older version of MySQL pre-Oracle acquisition
PostgreSQL or MariaDB may be options
Any other options which satisfies our above requirements?
Can give us your suggestions?
To start from, how much is true that a commercial license is now required for MySQL? From the Oracle page it looks that next to commercial they also still have the GPL-licensed open source version.
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I am looking for a browser based tool (or a rapid development environment which could allow us to build a tool) which would allow users to edit data in MySQL tables. We would like to allow users to insert/delete rows, edit cells. Usability features like column sorting, or limiting entry in cells to a list of choices shall be possible.
It would be awesome if the tool allows customization (via php, javacript, python etc), user permissions, db version control (or backups).
We are looking for this sort of tool as we lack good db programming expertise.
Edit: users will not be able to create/delete tables, but only enter/remove data.
phpMyAdmin is probably the best there is for MySQL. But that is designed for DB admins not for end users.
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Closed 11 years ago.
As i know about Both Sqlserver and Oracle are Database Systems.
1. In case of Sql server, we can work with multiple databases at once.
Is their any other difference between oracle and sql server.
Check out this comparison of databases, there are quite a few differences.
They both store data, but apart from that they are like chalk and cheese - they are massively different in a lot of ways.
Oracle can be used as a small database system, but is more aimed at the enterprise data storage level, whereas SQL Server is more commonly used at the lower end of the data storage market (although they also have a very good enterprise level product).
I suggest you just start with the Wikipedia entries, then if you have more specific questions come back and ask them.
Oracle
SQL Server
P.S. Even though I tendered an answer, I'm voting to close this as the question is way too broad in scope.