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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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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 have a lab setup in office where people work in a development environment that is hosted on a Cloud PAAS (like openshift or cloudbees).
The developers connect to the cloud git repository using SSH connection. They can easily take the SSH key to home and download the code at their home. I would like to restrict that activity.
Is their a software utility available that I can use to get this done?
you want something like GitHub but self hosted? You can probably use one of the clones like Gitlab to do so. Otherwise it's difficult to restrict user access to single user PaaSs.
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Closed 11 years ago.
I am making a website in asp.net.
So my question is, which database is the best for my site.
ms sql server or mysql.
please explain why i should choose one for another.
no specific needs just want to know the cons and pros of mysql and ms sql
Well,
You're using .NET, so, if You use MS SQL Server You can have more features and facilities to implement things. You can have more tools, optmized environment, etc...
You need to evaluate some things:
- Your host have MS SQL Srvr databases? for same price?
- You can expend more to have it?
In my opinion, for .NET, MS SQL is the first choice...
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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.
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Closed 10 years ago.
What does SQL Server Express offer that MySQL do not?
PS: I'm comapring the two free Editions (MySQL and SQL Server Express)
Good article but highly geared towards MySQL
http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/move_from_microsoft_SQL_Server.html
Also a decent article but highly geared towards SQL Server
http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/product-info/competitor-compare.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/compare-mysql.aspx
I am not a MySQL expert, but its capacity, features and performance are very much depending on the table type you select (InnoDB, MyIsam + others). It's like having different products under the same hood.
Your choice might also be impacted by the platform that will run the db: Sql Server will only run on Windows.
There are other free choices, like Oracle Database 10g Express Edition, DB2 and others.