Database Experience

[Jim Carwardine]

Jan... I went looking at the MySQL home page to check it out.  What's the
real difference between the Classic and Pro versions.  The only explanation
I could find was very jargon heavy... Jim

on 3/17/04 8:47 AM, Jan Schenkel wrote:

> --- John Dixon <johndixon at macmail.com> wrote:
>> I am interested to know what database people are
>> using with Revolution.
>> 
>> What seems to be the favourite and for what
>> reason... Are you using  MySQL,
>> Postgres or Valentina, for example... What prompted
>> your choice ? Are
>> you using databases in a personal or commercial
>> capacity ?
>> 
> 
> As a developer of accounting and administrative
> applications, I use databases in a professional
> capacity.
> I'm using both MySQL and Valentina in conjunction with
> Revolution (*), and hope to find the time to examine
> PostgreSQL soon.
> 
> Valentina is excellent if you don't need a multi-user
> database ; I have a few gripes with its current
> implementation of SQL but have found it to be fast and
> convenient to set up.
> MySQL is currently my database of choice for the
> internal database-related projects I work on. It is
> fast, multi-user and easy in both setup and
> administration. Plus, it is available for more
> platforms than Valentina.
> 
> Apart from that, I follow with interest Rob Cozens'
> SDB-project, not in the least because it successfully
> uses the Inter-Program Communication library libIPC
> for which I ignited the project and contributed code.
> 
> Hope this helped,
> 
> Jan Schenkel.
> 
> (*) A lot of my work is done in FoxPro though, at
> least until we convert all these projects into
> Revolution stacks.
> 
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