On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 12:41 am, Shawn wrote: >... For database, I think I'd prefer Postgres - everything I've heard about > MySql makes me think it's to databases what MS Access is. Whereas Postgres > seems to be more on par with Oracle/MS SQL Server.
For an RDBMS, have a look at Firebird also, at: http://firebird.sourceforge.net/ http://www.ibphoenix.com/ Firebird is not as well-known as it deserved to be, but has an excellent reputation among those who do know and use it. It is Open Source, developed from a fork of Borland/Inprise/Borland's Interbase V6, which Borland opened a few years ago. I have been kicking the tyres, and have found one challenge so far: trying to add Firebird support to PythonCard's Samples dbBrowser (which supports Gadfly, MySQL & PostgreSQL), I found that SHOW TABLES and DESCRIBE are not available in DSQL, only isql, and apparently the dbBrowser is at the DSQL layer. There is probably a workaround (by reading the System Tables) but I don't understand it well enough yet.
