Re: which database is best for perl ?

Oracle appears to work quite well with most languages and environments. Oracle database servers have been around for a while and enjoy reliable support using the C API, ODBC and modules such as DBD::Oracle. Oracle can be installed on a number of operating systems including Windows and Solaris which makes development less of a chore since you can develop on a small box and upgrade. It can also scale from desktop right through to a multi-server enterprise installation with a toolset to complement each variety.

Oracle server is going to cost quite a bit depending on the version, number of CPUs etc. It does however meet the requirement of being right for Perl. It just might not be so right for your bank balance!

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Re: Re: which database is best for perl ? by exussum0 (Vicar) on Feb 09, 2004 at 12:48 UTC
And depending on the version you buy. They dropped their prices on certain versions to compete with MS recently. 5000 for one node, one cpu ain't that bad. Play that funky music white boy..	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: which database is best for perl ? by inman (Curate) on Feb 09, 2004 at 13:16 UTC
MS SQL server and the cut down version MSDE would also be on the list of database engines to try. Unfortunately the only DBI driver that I can find that works is the ODBC one. This limits a number of the features that you should be able to use with SQL server. Other than that, I find that SQL server works pretty well.	[reply]