background :
i'm a gamer geek. i had this wild idea last night amid a heat-induced
trance of keeping a SQL database of NPC's. also, my employer is gearing me
up for SQL programming, which makes this an excellent side-project.
question :
who's better? PostgreSQL, MySQL, or some other flavor i haven't heard of?
further, if it's a small database (100mb,most likely far less...), will
there be any problems with my P-166-MMX firewall doing double-duty? and is
that computer beefy enough to handle a SQL database (128mb ram, 2 PCI NIC's
for packet inspection)? i'm going to assume that the database must be
local. can it be on a hard drive other than "hda"? all i know is a little
SQL 7. do any of these linux databases have a command structure near or
like SQL 7? also, what ports do i have to open up on my internal LAN to
make this happen?
thanks in advance!
