> who's better? PostgreSQL, MySQL, or some other flavor i haven't heard of?
Better.. Better?
Better for what?
Mysql is fastest. Both mysql and postgress are free.
But Mysql is fast by dropping some of the hard
features.
Postgress is full featured
Mysql currently has problem swith persistant connections
and so has something that looks like a memory leak on your
machine, if you try to set up persistant connections.
But this will likely get fixed.
SourceForge just switched to Postgres
Mysql is easy to install.
Postgress is a bit harder, but not much.
So... Perhaps you could list your criteria that you are
trying to evaluate it against?
Cory Petkovsek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
% Linux SQL Databases and Tools
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% http://linas.org/linux/db.html
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% On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 09:41:01AM -0700, Justin Bengtson wrote:
% > 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!
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