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View Poll Results: Database of the Year
MySQL
162 49.54%
PostgreSQL
83 25.38%
Percona
3 0.92%
Drizzle
1 0.31%
MariaDB
11 3.36%
Firebird
19 5.81%
sqlite
38 11.62%
Oracle
7 2.14%
DB2
3 0.92%
EnterpriseDB
0 0%
#1
root
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 9,110
Database of the Year
Always a hotly debated topic.
#2
Guru
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: /proc/self/
Distribution: Custom version of Fedora 16, 64 bit, custom 3.2.7 kernel
Posts: 5,647
This will be a close one.... My vote goes to PostgreSQL.
#3
Member
Registered: Apr 2006
Location: Ohio
Distribution: ArchLinux, NetBSD
Posts: 476
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Unless you're doing enterprise level storage, SQLite will cover most if not all of your database needs.
#4
Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Philippines
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 252
Rep:
Surprised that my favorite, Sybase is not in the poll. Used it back in my working days. Ah those were the days...
I actually use none of the above now. LibreOffice Base and Calc cover my database needs now-a-days.
#5
root
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 9,110
Original Poster
Quote:
Originally Posted by
chrisretusn
Surprised that my favorite, Sybase is not in the poll. Used it back in my working days. Ah those were the days...
Sybase was removed after the 2008 MCA's, after it got zero votes.
--jeremy
#6
Member
Registered: Mar 2007
Location: 127.0.0.1
Distribution: OpenBSD-CURRENT
Posts: 460
Rep:
PostgreSQL
#7
Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Philippines
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 252
Rep:
Quote:
Originally Posted by
jeremy
Sybase was removed after the 2008 MCA's, after it got zero votes.
Thanks. It would have got at least one vote this year... LOL
I haven't used Sybase since I retired, but have fond memories. It still in use today at my old work place. Now which one to choose, that's a tough one for sure.
Last edited by chrisretusn; 12-30-2011 at 07:45 AM .
#8
Guru
Registered: May 2009
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Distribution: LMDE Gnome with Awesome WM + Kernel 3.3.0-1 amd64
Posts: 6,529
Hi,
#9
Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Distribution: Slackware64 13.37
Posts: 4,021
Rep:
I've been using Oracle more and more at work these days (not at home though)
#10
LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2008
Posts: 8
Rep:
Database
Why isn't Kexi on the list?
#11
LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2008
Distribution: Slackware GNU/linux
Posts: 23
Rep:
I am a DBA and I use many of them (Sybase, Oracle, MySQL, DB2, ...) but at home, my preference goes to PostgreSQL
#12
Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Texas
Distribution: RHEL, Debian, FreeBSD
Posts: 3,740
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JMJ_coder
Unless you're doing enterprise level storage, SQLite will cover most if not all of your database needs.
Interesting endorsement. I'll have to check it out. (Already voted, though.
)
#13
Member
Registered: Oct 2011
Location: Earth
Distribution: Ubuntu, Fedora, Scientific Linux
Posts: 49
Rep:
wish i could vote for two of them, mine goes for mysql and oracle
#14
LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2012
Posts: 2
Rep:
For me.
#15
LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 1
Rep:
FirebirdSQL is the best. As good as MSSQL Standard, but works at Linux, Windows and others - for free!
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