Re: Looking for DB advice

There a lots of very good open RDBMS out there.
Did you have a look a postgreSQL? (www.postgres.org)

Cheers
Georg

Dave Brown wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Looking for some advice on which DB to use. I'm used to writing J2EE
> apps with MySQL using sqlyog as my sql gui but i want to embark on
> developing a desktop app which will need to have its own 'local' database.
>
> I havent really a clue on how to use this, one of my aims is to make
> this project an easily installable application as, 'fingers crossed' it
> will be sold as an off the shelf product, therefor will also be
> installed using either WISE or Installshield.
>
> Its a shame MySQL dont do a free, Oh yeah thats the other requirement,
> I'm hoping to find an opensource DB, well something that I wont have to
> fork out for licenses anyway. its a shame Mysql dont offer a standalone
> db format with a set of classes to access it as i like using MySQL
> products so far.
>
> Well if anyone has any suggestions or recommendations, advice is greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave.
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