Not to add any more fuel to this flame but 10XE works fine with DBD::Oralce at least for windows.
"Rich Jesse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wow, that's a tough one. It really depends on what you want/need from your database. What's your recoverability liability? How scalable do you need your app? Platform/OS requirements? Being from primarily an Oracle background (as far as DBs go), I'd say overall "Oracle". Free? Yes! There's now a free Express Edition ("XE") currently for Linux and Winders (beta) which can be downloaded from http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html Like everything there are caveats, and I believe a big one to be that DBD::Oracle doesn't yet play will this version of Oracle (see previous threads on this list although I haven't been paying that close attention to it myself since we use the full-blown Enterprise Edition). It's also limited in DB size and what features are supported. See the above link for more info. I've also used MySQL 4.x at home. Being an Oracle-type, I found it to be lacking in backup/recovery as well as scalability, but my tests admittedly weren't very scientific. For home use, I've switched my MySQL DBs to PostgreSQL 8.0 (haven't taken the 8.1 leap yet). PostgreSQL? Quickly, it's as close feature-wise to "enterprise" as full-blown pay-up-the-gazoo Oracle as I've seen. Plus, you can write your DB procs in Perl if you want. :) DBI-wise, I have no real preference for any of the three. SQL-wise, I much prefer Oracle, with PostgreSQL coming in a close second, with MySQL off in a distant 3rd. Probably because the syntax of PostgreSQL is very close to Oracle. :) I know this e-mail is way too generic to be of any real use, but thought I'd chime in on some areas that might be important for your decision like recoverability, scalability and flexibility. HTH! GL! Rich -----Original Message----- From: John Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 7:02 PM To: dbi-users@perl.org Cc: cgiapp@lists.erlbaum.net Subject: What's the best "free" DB for a web-based app? Hi - I'm soon to be doing a Perl app on the Internet, that'll need database. We want the db to be as "free" as possible, but still fully multi-user (web-based). Would the best route be MySql on Linux? Random access files? Something else? We want no licensing obligations (no Oracle, Sequal Server, etc.). We want to go with Perl because it's the best programming language invented by humans.
