[dba-SQLServer] [AccessD] MySQL

Arthur,

Have a look at MariaDB. It's basically a version of MySQL which is
maintained and developed by Monty & co and, quite frankly, is better in many
ways, as they have the freedom to advance the database in ways that the
MySQL devs at Oracle are just not able to.


Hans-Christian





On 17 September 2011 18:52, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are some nice things about MySQL but on the other hand I definitely
> do
> not like where Oracle is going with this puppy since its acquisition of Sun
> and by inheritance MySQL. I'm still on the fence about these developments,
> but quite frankly I am leaning against Oracle on all these transmutations
> of
> what was originally a simple, straightforward approach. At last
> recollection, Monty has departed, and with him, I fear, has the guiding
> vision of this product.
>
> Frankly, I am all over the place on where next to go: I look at Mongo and
> see it exquisite for web-apps but not for OLTP situations. I look at
> PostGreSQL and think it's got a bunch of things right. I look at Oracle and
> MS-SQL and think they have some things right as well. I frankly do not have
> any clue into which basket to toss my next eggs.
>
> Arthur
>
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
> >wrote:
>
> > I run MySQL locally as part of a WAMP installation and remotely on our
> > FreeBSD servers.
> >
> > I use phpMyAdmin for all the administration.   It's a very intuitive
> > interface.
> >
> > It's possibly worth installing WAMP just for the phpMyAdmin.
> >
> > --
> > Stuart
> >
> >
> > On 17 Sep 2011 at 19:24, jwcolby wrote:
> >
> > > For now I have to figure out how to create a database.  Is it the same
> > > concept as SQL Server?  A file or set of files where tables, indexes,
> > > views etc are stored?  I assumed there would be some visual designer
> > > that would allow me to create the db, then tables etc.  It looks like
> > > that stuff is in "SQL Development".
> > >
> > > This thing looks pretty nice, but very different on the surface.
> > >
> >
> >
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