Re: data server choice

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"swdev2" <wsanders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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postGreSql - all of the cool things I want in a RDBMS, and no licensing
issues.

I've heard the name Postgres a lot lately. Maybe that's a good one to learn.

Any opinion on MySQL? It's free too, right?

And SQL Server Express is supposed to be pretty cheap.



FireBird SQL - Small Footprint.

Never heard of that one. I'll have to look into it.



WebDB from IBM (prior name DB/2) Rock Solid.

I thought DB/2 was a mainframe dbs. I guess things change.


Thanks for the suggestions.


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