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View Poll Results: Database of the Year
MySQL 373 58.10%
PostgreSQL 109 16.98%
Firebird 74 11.53%
sqlite 54 8.41%
Drizzle 0 0%
EnterpriseDB 1 0.16%
Berkley DB 4 0.62%
InnoDB 0 0%
Oracle 18 2.80%
Sybase 0 0%
DB2 5 0.78%
Apache Derby 4 0.62%
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Old 01-07-2009, 01:18 PM   #1
jeremy
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Always a hotly debated topic.

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Old 01-09-2009, 04:11 PM   #2
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MySQL.
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Old 01-10-2009, 03:17 AM   #3
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Increasingly partial to Sqlite, interested in Postgres.
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Old 01-12-2009, 07:09 PM   #4
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postgres, of course ;D
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Old 01-13-2009, 09:41 AM   #5
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PostgreSQL all the way.
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Old 01-13-2009, 11:50 AM   #6
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Talking Firebird as always

Even postgresql developers prefer it over the mysql

http://firebirdnews.blogspot.com/200...rs-prefer.html
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Old 01-13-2009, 12:00 PM   #7
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sqlite has a lot of advantages, particularly for the small, standalone app.
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Old 01-13-2009, 12:17 PM   #8
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Firebird, yeah!!

Firebird of course
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Old 01-13-2009, 12:21 PM   #9
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MySQL.
*chuckles* I like things that are truly FREE and truly WORK...

But that's just me.
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Old 01-13-2009, 01:47 PM   #10
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Firebird too
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Old 01-13-2009, 02:02 PM   #11
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Wink

Firebird three!
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Old 01-13-2009, 04:18 PM   #12
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Firebird. Seriously. MySQL is not a database.
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Old 01-13-2009, 06:18 PM   #13
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Firebird! Period!
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Old 01-13-2009, 07:25 PM   #14
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Firebird, for sure!
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Old 01-13-2009, 07:33 PM   #15
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Firebird for sure !

Could be used in closed source apps
Very small footprint
DBA-free
Feature rich
Fast
Reliable
Standard Compliant
Stable

I am sure that if you give it a try you will be surprised, mainly the MySQL guys...
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