Comments on: Good intro to MySQL http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/good-intro-to-mysql.html Vlad Mazek on IT, Business and Technology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:49:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ian http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/good-intro-to-mysql.html/comment-page-1#comment-3599 Ian Sat, 05 Aug 2006 03:45:18 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/good-intro-to-mysql.html#comment-3599 No .NET in LAMP. MySQL is attractive because it provides a lot of support and flexibility that free (Express) SQL Server does not. No .NET in LAMP. MySQL is attractive because it provides a lot of support and flexibility that free (Express) SQL Server does not.

]]> By: Allen StClair http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/good-intro-to-mysql.html/comment-page-1#comment-3596 Allen StClair Sat, 05 Aug 2006 01:14:17 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/good-intro-to-mysql.html#comment-3596 Why not uninstall IIS and replace it with WinLAMP? Why not uninstall IIS and replace it with WinLAMP?

]]> By: NewBostonWebDesign http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/good-intro-to-mysql.html/comment-page-1#comment-3589 NewBostonWebDesign Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:18:45 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/good-intro-to-mysql.html#comment-3589 We use MySQL for everything we do on Windows. It supports ODBC and .NET drivers so short of writing complex stored procedures the database is light and fast enough to make it more suitable for ecommerce than Microsoft SQL Server any day. We use SQL Server for higher end but MySQL scales to run some of the biggest sites on the net so its all about the preference. Our clients tend to prefer MySQL when shown the price difference :) We use MySQL for everything we do on Windows. It supports ODBC and .NET drivers so short of writing complex stored procedures the database is light and fast enough to make it more suitable for ecommerce than Microsoft SQL Server any day. We use SQL Server for higher end but MySQL scales to run some of the biggest sites on the net so its all about the preference. Our clients tend to prefer MySQL when shown the price difference :)

]]> By: Vijay Riyait http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/good-intro-to-mysql.html/comment-page-1#comment-3584 Vijay Riyait Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:40:20 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/good-intro-to-mysql.html#comment-3584 One thing to be aware of with MySQL is that if you're wanting to distribute MySQL with your app and your app is not licensed under the GPL, then you need a commercial license (the devil is always in the detail!). http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/commercial-license.html They did this a while back which made people to start to look to Postgresql. Cheers, Vijay One thing to be aware of with MySQL is that if you’re wanting to distribute MySQL with your app and your app is not licensed under the GPL, then you need a commercial license (the devil is always in the detail!).

http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/commercial-license.html

They did this a while back which made people to start to look to Postgresql.

Cheers,

Vijay

]]> By: vlogher911 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/good-intro-to-mysql.html/comment-page-1#comment-3582 vlogher911 Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:32:00 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/good-intro-to-mysql.html#comment-3582 We use MySQL all over the place. It has been solid for quite some time but the features that have been added since 3.x mainstream days have really made a big difference. The speed compared to Microsoft SQL Server is incredible bu it does not have all the Microsoft goodness. Given that its free thats a hell of a tradeoff. We use MySQL all over the place. It has been solid for quite some time but the features that have been added since 3.x mainstream days have really made a big difference. The speed compared to Microsoft SQL Server is incredible bu it does not have all the Microsoft goodness. Given that its free thats a hell of a tradeoff.

]]> By: Vijay Riyait http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/good-intro-to-mysql.html/comment-page-1#comment-3581 Vijay Riyait Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:17:54 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/good-intro-to-mysql.html#comment-3581 There's a growing choice of good free or Open Souce databases, depending on what you want to do and what you want to integrate with, perhaps you just want to learn. Here are some in addition to MySQL Postgresql - Linux/Windows (Open Source) Cloudscape - Java DB (IBM) (Open Source) SQL Express - Good ol Microsoft (free) DB2-C Express - IBM (free) Oracle XE (Express Ed) - Linux/Windows (free) Cheers, Vijay There’s a growing choice of good free or Open Souce databases, depending on what you want to do and what you want to integrate with, perhaps you just want to learn. Here are some in addition to MySQL

Postgresql – Linux/Windows (Open Source)
Cloudscape – Java DB (IBM) (Open Source)
SQL Express – Good ol Microsoft (free)
DB2-C Express – IBM (free)
Oracle XE (Express Ed) – Linux/Windows (free)

Cheers,

Vijay

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