Two very good options are MySQL and PostgreSql. If you need Triggers and Stored Procedures, PostgreSql is your answer... but Mysql is great if you don't need those thing.
-Wil On Fri, 08 March 2002, Charles Conover wrote: > > The latest edition of PC Magazine (March 26, 2002) has a very complex review > of commercial enterprise-level databases with MySQL (free) reviewed right > along side of Oracle 9i ($40,000 per CPU) and MS SQL ($20,000 per CPU). > MySQL did exceptionally well in performance, much to my surprise. Almost as > well as Oracle (and twice as well as MS SQL with a Java application). The > much lower rating (3 of 5) as compared to Oracle (5 of 5) was mostly due to > the lack of management tools. > > Take a look at the review at: > http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s=0&a=23362,00.asp > > - Chuck > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java Servlet > API Technology. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matt > Penner > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 8:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: any free databases for servlet jdbc avaiable?? > > > Many different databases have their strengths and weaknesses. I suggest > that > you check out each database's website and read the articles and comments. > Also > do some searching on Google or another search engine. You'll find positive > and > negative comments that you wont find on the orginization's website. > > This should give you a good idea of which db to use for your needs and > requirements. It all depends on what you're looking for. > > Just for note though MySQL is quite heavily used in many large production > environments like Yahoo.com. It also won the highest marks for a > non-comercial > db in the latest eWeek database test. > > ~Matt > > Quoting "E. Michael Akerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I'd recommend looking at Postgres instead of MySQL. > > > > Michael Akerman > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Information Services > > (501) 575-5870 University of Arkansas > > http://www.uark.edu/~mike > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Dharmesh Patel2 wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I am a student in the UK and I urgently require a free database that I > can > > use > > > to demonstrate a simple login servlet for my final year project. I > > wanted > > > cloudscape however, they have stopped the free downloads. Did anyone > > manage to > > > get hold of one? > > > > > > Unfortunately I don't have MS Access either so this is not a > possibility. > > > > > > Is there any freely available databases that I could use to demonstrate > > my > > > simple login servlet? anything would do at this moment. > > > > > > I hope to hear from you all. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > Dharmesh > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the > > body > > > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > > > > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > > > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > > > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the > body > > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html __________________________________________ Launch your own web site Today! 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