On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Karthikeyan A.K <[email protected]>wrote:
> Either postgresql or mongo. Mongo will be cool! > I second Karthikeyan. Both sound like good solutions! Yet, you haven't specified the problem. What are you trying to do with a database? How much data is your application going to handle? Is it going to be read-mostly, or write-mostly, or some other blend? Is the data tabular ( like a spreadsheet ) or hierarchical ( like an HTML document ) ? There are so many parameters involved in deciding which database software to use. >From your email, it seems that you need to gain some expertise, firsthand, or secondhand, in databases. I suggest you use Google ( or DuckDuckGo if you value your privacy ), books, or any other resources you can get your hands on. Merely asking questions on this list probably won't help you enough to choose the right database. Yet, if you are risk-tolerant, you can just pick a database, skip the research, and see what happens. If you don't know what you're doing, you will very likely fail in your aims. Take a shortcut: install Postgres, and start developing. As a wise Software Engineer once said -- "Plan on throwing one away. You will, anyhow." Just code a prototype. Your code will be unstructured garbage. Learn from it, throw it away, then start from scratch. All the best, - Ashwin. -- ================================================= Subvert the dominant paradigm. Repeat as desired. http://ownlifeful.com/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
