Postgress has always been superior to MySQL in functionality, it has support
for foreign keys, triggers, and a procedural language. Where MySQL has been
always been superior, it's very difficult to corrupt a MySQL database unless
you really really try.
"Charles Goehring" <cgoehrin_at_san.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> There is always Postgress and Firebird. I read somewhere that Postgress
> has surpassed MySql on functionality. I couldn't get it running on
> Windows 2000 though (it seams to be UNIX-centric). The Firebird worked
> and I've been using it with Java for some development work. For
> low-cost projects there are other alternatives.
>
> Technet.oracle.com allows downloading of the software but the licenses
> that come with them are rather vague.
>
> Chuck
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> NorwoodThree wrote:
> > Still no support for:
> >
> > Foreign keys
> > triggers
> > procedures
> >
> > Yup. This is an Oracle killer all right. Yawn.
>
Received on Sat Aug 09 2003 - 17:51:48 CDT
