Re: SQL Licencing Headaches.
- From: jeremiah johnson <naikrovek@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:03:39 -0600
garyusenet@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
can I use something like mysql? i've heard of it but thats about all.
Yes. From what I understand, MySQL is free for personal and commercial use, but if you want any support, you pay for that. There is a .NET library you can use to connect to MySQL called the MySQL Connector/NET.
PostgreSQL is another option, as is the afore-mentioned Firebird.
My application is a simple lead management program. Im looking for a
database solution that doesn't incur any licencing fees.
Then MySQL/PostgreSQL/Firebird is probably what you would be best using.
So far my app is one windows form, with controls databound to a sql
database i've created by 'new connection' and just typing the name of
the sql database i wanted.
None of the free database I've mentioned offer connectivity that is that simple, but connecting to those database servers isn't any harder than SQL if you do the connection entirely in code. It will be a learning experience, and its not very hard at all.
my only db experience is with access, and you simply wrote the
database, and paid per client for access. Thus my jaded logic says my
interface i've written (i.e. the windows form app) so there's no client
licence to pay now... so why should I pay to have the file sit on a
server and have data written to and from it? it seems crazy.
Any licensing scheme that is based on client connections, is goofy, in my opinion.
jeremiah
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