RE: Database in Redhat Linux

OC> Errrr....OK, so what is a valid alternative? When people say 'SQL database' I assume they mean a database based on the Relational Model. (I have a pretty low opinion of SQL as a language for relational databases - even if it is the best we have.) You *could* consider the Network Model using CODASYL (spelling???) - I hate it. There is also the Hierarchical Model - a precursor to the network model. If you count the complete environment, then your UNIX and DOS file trees are similar (I didn't say identical, - I've never played with a DB system claiming to be based on the hierarchical model). If you must go down the mySQL route, check out maxSQL - I haven't, but... from the hype (what hype?) it sounds like mySQL but better. -----Original Message----- From: Obnoxio The Clown [mailto:obnoxio@hotmail.com] Sent: 28 November 2000 10:11 To: linux@thewolery.demon.co.uk; informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: Database in Redhat Linux From: "Anthony W. Youngman" <thewolery@thewolery.demon.co.uk> > >In article <8vmgld$om4$1@wagner.wagner.home>, Victor Wagner ><vitus@wagner.rinet.ru> writes > >In comp.os.linux.misc Freelancer <someone@somewhere.world> wrote: > >: I need decide which database going to run for Redhat Linux. > >: I know MySQL is the most popular one in Linux world. I need > >: you help me to fill out the blank and hole (?) in table below. > > > >Its a pity for Linux World, that most hype is done by people who don't > >know what real database is. So they promote mySQL which is no more than > >fast flat-file search engine with SQL-like syntax. > >And it's a real pity that there are so many people who think that the >only valid type of database is a SQL database. >And to me, a database is a complete environment, aka AS/400, Pick, etc. [deleted] > > >I think you mean the only free *relational* database - which is not the >same thing at all. There are much better databases out there. While I >would strongly suggest that all database programmers should know >relational theory (it helps design immensely), there are a load of far >better databases out there. SQL and relational databases put theoretical >purity above practicality and functionality, which is why Oracle is such >a beast - I could probably write programs that run faster, do more, and >handle larger datasets, and all on a system half the size! just because >I don't believe "relational is best". Well, off you go then. You're right, of course, until you deliver the system and the customer says "wouldn't it be nice if...". You'll be cutting code and restructuring everything manually long after I've said ALTER TABLE... Performance is not everything. ____________________________________________________________________________ _________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com