Re: Oracle vs DB2 vs MySQL - Which should I use?

You received reasons not to use MySQL. Otherwise, there isn't much to choose between DB2 an Oracle (they're different, but unless you specify what you consider important, how can anybody rate them?)

Elsewhere Sybase and Informix are mentioned. I find Sybase a pain in the butt, and would avoid it if I didn't have to use it for a paritcular project.

Another "good" DB (assuming you're on NT / W2K) is MS SQL Server 2000 (now that should start a flame war here!)

"Stephen Livesey" <ste_at_exact3ex.co.uk> wrote in message news:981973820.18163.0.nnrp-01.c2d98441_at_news.demon.co.uk...
> I did expect to receive biased answers, but I also expected to receive
 some
> constructive reasons as to why one is better than the other.
>
> Steve
>
> "Matteo Gelosa" <m.gelosa_at_inet.it> wrote in message
> news:3A87A68B.F48F5B2B_at_inet.it...
> > Mark Yudkin wrote:
> > >
> > > If you post an "Oracle vs DB2" question on a DB2 forum, you won't
 exactly
> > > get an unbiased response... Except of course for my totally unbiased
> > > recommendation for DB2 :-)
> > >
> > > (Avoid MySQL, it isn't an "ACID database")
> > >
> >
> > I definitively vote for DB2... ;-)
> > Matteo
> >
> > PS
> > What would you expect from this NG?
>
>
Received on Tue Feb 13 2001 - 01:12:24 CST