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= Generic Databases =  
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= SQL =
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= Specialised Databases =
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== [[MySQL]] ==
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Database that has a SQL interface. Claims to be ACID<ref name="acid">Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability. See [http://databases.about.com/od/specificproducts/a/acid.htm The ACID model]</ref>-compliant; tries hard to. Same story as with [[Web Development|PHP]]: Large availability, everybody uses it, hardly the best choice.
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Food for thought:
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* [http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html MySQL Gotchas]
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* [http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mysql/article.php/3519116 MySQL oddities]
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* [http://drbrain.livejournal.com/61705.html MySQL Sucks]
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* [http://www.andrewsavory.com/blog/archives/000266.html MySQL sucks]
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* [http://habtm.com/articles/2005/05/01/tagging-again-mysql-subselects-suck MySQL subselects suck]
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== [[PostgreSQL]] ==
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Full-featured SQL Server. Is ACID<ref name="acid">a</ref>-compliant. Needs more maintenance than MySQL. Doesn't have native replication support.
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Food for thought:
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* [http://sql-info.de/postgresql/postgres-gotchas.html PostgreSQL gotchas]
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== Oracle ==
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The commercial behemoth.
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= LDAP =
LDAP systems are like Databases too - often they build on a generic database and provide a more specialised view.
LDAP systems are like Databases too - often they build on a generic database and provide a more specialised view.
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* [[Databases/OpenLDAP|OpenLDAP]]: the open source LDAP daemon
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* [[OpenLDAP/slapd]]: the open source LDAP daemon
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* [[Novell eDirectory|Novell eDirectory/NLDAP]]: a commercial system
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= Footnotes =
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Latest revision as of 00:23, 27 May 2006

Contents

SQL

MySQL

Database that has a SQL interface. Claims to be ACID[1]-compliant; tries hard to. Same story as with PHP: Large availability, everybody uses it, hardly the best choice.

Food for thought:

PostgreSQL

Full-featured SQL Server. Is ACID[1]-compliant. Needs more maintenance than MySQL. Doesn't have native replication support.

Food for thought:

Oracle

The commercial behemoth.

LDAP

LDAP systems are like Databases too - often they build on a generic database and provide a more specialised view.

Footnotes

  1. 1.1 1.2 Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability. See The ACID model
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