I have recently been playing with SQL Server Express 2005 and Visual Basic Express 2005. I like the SQL Server Express. If you have been wanting to do a project with MS SQL Server but haven’t had the funds to invest in it, this is a good way to get started.
SQL Server Express 2005 — First Impressions pt 1
October 31, 2007Looking for a database? Check out these two.
November 21, 2006If you are looking for a real database (something with a bit more umph than MS Access) check out these two
I have used PostgreSQL in some of my projects and have found it to be very capable. I like the views, stored procedures, triggers and rules in particular.
EnterpriseDB is new to me but this article
Vonage’s Open Source Database Odyssey
Caught my attention. Turns out EnterpriseDB is based on PostgreSQL. You may have heard of MySQL and not heard of PostgreSQL. If so that is a shame. When I initially went looking for a database for Linux some years ago, there seemed to be two main contenders. MySQL and PostgreSQL. MySQL had (and still does have) more attention than PostgreSQL but two things in particular turned me away from it. At the time I started looking the license did not allow for free commercial use. Even more glaring (in my opinion) was the fact that it did not support views (SQL command / concept). I went with PostgreSQL as a result. As I understand it they have fixed some of that but I still find PostgreSQL a bit easier to work with. At any rate, check them out.
Beginnings
November 20, 2006This is my initial blog.
始めましょう。
Hello world!
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