Re: Which Back-End Affordable Database do you RECOMMEND???

On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:54:52 GMT, Alan Mailer <clarityassoc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

¤ I need to hear from you experts what database system you prefer to use
¤ when you're creating a VB6 app that is going to need an *affordable*
¤ (relatively low budget) back-end database. The system might have at
¤ most 15 users at any one time.
¤
¤ To give you a bit of a benchmark, though I have used SQL Server in the
¤ past, I think SQL Server is too high-end for this current job.
¤ 'Access' might do (you tell me), or even MySQL, or something else you
¤ might mention.
¤
¤ My priority is keeping costs down, but, most importantly, finding a
¤ database that works well with VB6.
¤
¤ Thank you in advance for any/all feedback that you'd care to share.

From Microsoft I would recommend SQL Server Express. From a third party source any of the following
would probably work for you:

http://www.vistadb.net/vistadb_server.asp
http://www.firebirdsql.org/
http://www.mysql.com/


Paul
~~~~
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
.

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