Re: free database for java

Mr. X. wrote on 12.03.2008 18:31:
> 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 ?

Postgres and MySQL are *not* Java "based".
Both are written in C, but have good JDBC drivers

Personally I think Postgres is the best. It is a lot closer to the SQL
standard 
than MySQL (just thinking about String concatenation...)

I don't consider OpenOffice Base as a DBMS. It's a DBMS front-end with a 
built-in database engine based on HSQLDB.

Thomas