[Programming] [DB]
Talk about timing. I started looking into assorted available database servers, for possible usage on my windows box, was looking at a recent versions of MySQL and found that slashdot has just mentioned the release in an article on it The new beta release providing many of the previously missing features (like transaction and stored procedures). Wide acceptances, impressive performance, and available supported language support (including Java and .NET) makes me lean towards MySQL. But I'm sure much of this functionality may exist in other products as well if you look hard enough.

The article also mentioned another available database, which I had heard of but was a little unsure of the details, called Firebird. An introduction was provided by linux journal. Firebird looks to be another popular open source database which is derrived from the open sourced Borland InterBase RDBMS.

There is of course always PostgreSQL which seems to get pushed alot by the Redhat folks.

IBMs CLoundscape is another possible product. There is even an article on usage with Eclipse. This is not to be confused with DB2 product lines.

There are a few comparisons and benchmarks , including MySQLs available on these products. Even some limitations or more specifically some gotchas are indicated.
- posted by Eric @ 11:45 AM