Re: Where do I start?

Hi!

"Joe Trubisz" <trubisz_at_cs.sunysb.edu> wrote in message news:3D456A09.E3B495E8_at_cs.sunysb.edu...
> Chad wrote:
> >
> > .
>
> > I am having hard time starting. My gut tells me to install MySQL or
> > PostGresQL and learn as I go. I am also told that Cold Fusion would
> > be a great database to learn and it will be around for a long time. I
> > am not sure which would be the right path for me to take for what I
> > want to accomplish. I would like to build web based databases that
> > have a nice pretty front end with a rock solid back end.
> >
> To learn advanced features of a database, then Postgres is superior to
> MySQL. This includes advanced transaction logic and SQL3 if you so

MySQL nowadays has transaction support through the InnoDB and BDB backends.

> desire. Learning however, is different from, "rock solid back ends".
> While it can be argued that Postgres/MySQL can do the job (and I'm not
...

> 5. Read, read, read...then apply with some toy system. Think of it like
> a piano...you can read all you want, but at some point in time, you
> have to play it.

I agree.

> Joe Trubisz
> Dept. of Computer Science
> SUNY Stony Brook
> Stony Brook, NY 11794

Best regards,

Heikki Tuuri
Innobase Oy

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