Hi Monks,

I've searched PM, but I can't see a good spirited discussion of Linux databases of the type that occur for IDE's from time to time.

So here it is:

I expect a good Linux or Cross-Platform database to:

• Be free, but not necessarily open source
• Have good (preferably free) graphical support tools available
• Have an active support community and be popular on PM
• Support SQL92
• Be ultra-reliable
• Have good, easy to set-up and use, Perl-ready connection protocols (eg DBD::something)
• <update>Good, clear error messages (thanks Moritz)</update>

1. I guess I've missed a lot, so what do you expect from a database?
2. What is your favourite Linux or cross-platform database?

Have a good day

Regards

Steve

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