Re: Perl and Databases

> Is there a "recomended" database to use with Perl?

No. Perl is perfect with ANY database. DBI is the most wonderful thing in the world.

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> tell me some good and bad facts about databases

MySQL: Fast, free, nice tools / Toy Database
M$ SQL Server: Hard Core, nice tools, cheaper than Oracle / Evil, only on NT
Access: Easy to use, comes with Office / crippled by M$, evil, only on Windows
Oracle: Can handle anything, looks great on the resume / Fat, bloated, ancient code base, Expensive as hell, pain in the ass to admin, not FreeBSD friendly
PostgreSQL: Fast, free, Real RDBMS / Designed for Unixesque systems, hard to find Hosting

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Re: Re: Perl and Databases by Clownburner (Monk) on Mar 29, 2002 at 16:35 UTC
Gee, I think we can detect which way you're bias inclines you without much difficulty. For my 2 centidollars, I use MySQL on Linux with much success. I have found it to be very fast, even with large datasets, although my idea of large is much smaller than some of these TB cowboys. I mostly work in lowly GB. ;-) "Non sequitur. Your facts are un-coordinated." - Nomad	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Perl and Databases by ignatz (Vicar) on Mar 29, 2002 at 17:07 UTC
My comments concerning MySQL stem from a few things: Experience working with High Traffic sites that had some painful crash and burns using MySQL. (Back your ass up, baby!) The fact that MySQL cuts a few RDBMS corners that I consider important in order to get a speed boost.	[reply]