Mac compatible DB's

[Stephen Barncard]

Oak, have you considered using an ISP-based version of MySQL?

Many providers today offer MySQL, shell access, FTP, huge email 
account limits, php, perl, python, linux and an easy to configure 
control panel. I've set up and maintained servers and the idea sounds 
neat - hosting your on machine, but I'll tell you with the bandwidth 
and quality available now for cheap it can't be beat. I think they're 
getting ready to offer Postgres as well soon.

Then you know your app will work anywhere, and clients can use it in 
tests with the same settings..

One of the best I've used (and now I am hosting over 10 sites there) 
is <http://dreamhost.com/shared/comparison.html>Dreamhost. For less 
than 10 bucks a month you get a great tool, and they have even more 
diskspace and domains hosted for $20/month.

I don't have to hassle with installation, and setting up an account 
is a breeze.

Also a great free Mac MySQL client is CocoaMySQL....

By the way, my hat is definitely tipped toward Trevor Devore and his 
gift to us: the library stack "lib.bmm.database". The two stacks and 
SQL code will help you get to your AHA moment with SQL and rev..... 
thanks Trevor --

I am migrating a card/background based Hypercard stack to a 
client-server one. And the libraries got me off to a great start.

  So, right now, MySQL works GREAT for me - the only need I'd have for 
PostGres would be if I needed to create stored procedures. But for 
99% of database work, MySQL is stable and fast.

>Having looked at Postgresql's site, it doesn't look like it's Mac
>compatible, but MySQL is.  So if you're doing cross platform development and
>want 1 database to be covered by Win, Linux, Mac, is there another option
>besides MySql?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Oak