> 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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