Re: free database for java

"Mr. X." <no_spam_please@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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.