Re: free database for java

"Mr. X." <no_spam_please@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So free databases for multi-platform, and java based are listed partly
bellow :
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postgresql
mySql
Derby
h2 database.
open-office base.

I suppose the above are the most popular free-dbs,
and I think that mySql is the most popular of the five.

I found Derby, and I am learning using it.
I have installed Squirrel-sql, and I think it's good enough.

I can learn each of the other free-DB,
but it may be endless ...

Which do you think is the best of them ?
How would you judge "best"? Give us some details of your application.
I see Derby and H2 as being suitable for quite different applications
than PostgreSQL and MySQL although you _could_ use them
interchangeably. The only circumstances in which I would choose MySQL
is for a web based application because almost all hosting companies
provide it.
.

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