Database of the Year - Page 3

caiosiqueira · 01-03-2005, 06:45 PM

I voted for Firebird.

hutuworm · 01-03-2005, 09:30 PM

No one stonger than Oracle 10G.

bentonquest · 01-04-2005, 04:23 PM

My vote goes to FireBird. Being a FB user since the beginning, I was forced to use MySQL last year and.... no thanks. I'll stick to FireBird.

nweeks · 01-04-2005, 04:39 PM

I started out with MySQL, moved up to PostgreSQL for transactions and stored procedures, then discovered Firebird.

If you're not using Firebird, seriously consider trying it out.

q80slipknot · 01-05-2005, 08:53 AM

MySQL, definately. This is freeware at its best!

Im sure all the PHP programmers out there wud agree

nweeks · 01-05-2005, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by q80slipknot
MySQL, definately. This is freeware at its best!

Im sure all the PHP programmers out there wud agree ;)

Until the PHP programmer wanted more than simple inserts, updates, and deletes...

Then he'd turn to Firebird...

Here's the code:

<?php
$conn = ibase_connect("server:path/to/database.fdb","username","password");
$rec = ibase_query("select name, address from address_book");
while($obj = ibase_fetch_object($rec)){
echo "Name: $obj->NAME, Address: $obj->ADDRESS <br>";
}
?>

As you can see, for any PHP developer, it's a piece of cake!

lmf888 · 01-05-2005, 10:19 PM

Firebird - my favorite database, it's very smart.

d0g · 01-05-2005, 10:56 PM

PostgreSQL

lsces · 01-06-2005, 03:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by q80slipknot
MySQL, definately. This is freeware at its best!

Just be careful of the licence conditions - MySQL is NOT free once you pass certain points !!!

Quote:

Im sure all the PHP programmers out there wud agree

Most definitely not. MySQL is LAST on the list of databases for PHP systems

melinda_sayang · 01-07-2005, 10:24 AM

This is the real database: Postgresql.

Quest-Master · 01-07-2005, 10:23 PM

MySQL.

mhsabado · 01-08-2005, 12:34 AM

I go for Firebird!!!

If you're a windows DB developer that targets multiple OSs (win,linux,mac,solaris,freebsd,...), deploying your DB is as simple as copying to its destined location. You'll wonder how an enterprise RDBMS drawn its power from a very compact installation (~2.8MB)! It also have auto-allocation of workspace and recycles unused space from deleted records making it almost zero administration... One thing you could regret though is if you're collecting service fee on a per call basis

habala · 01-08-2005, 02:51 AM

I vote for HSQLDB (aka. Hypersonic SQL)
Just look at this benchmark: http://www.peerfear.org/download/hsq...rformance.html

Btw, HSQLDB is used for OO.o Base 2.0, so soon everyone will be able to enjoy its speediness and tiny size (only 100k!)

Also, for OS zealots and people who worry about the state of Java, kaffe + classpath can definitely run this engine.

irfanhab · 01-09-2005, 01:40 AM

MySQL, because it is soo easy to use

kartik_mistry · 01-09-2005, 08:03 AM

Although not using DB much, My choice is MySQL