[Hidden-tech] suggestions needed for a relational database

[Daniel Fried]

Keri,

 A lot depends on how you're going to use it.  In most cases, my first
question would be what application do you want to use to manage the data.
This can be a desktop application, which might lead you to something like
Access or Filemaker (not that they are "cheap" or necessarily recommended,
but they can be good solutions to specific problems).  Other options would
be recommended if you are using a custom application like a web site, in
which case I find that the specific database you would use would be
dependent on the development technology and your infrastructure.

For the most part, the relational databases I would recommend, MySQL,
Postgre, MS SQL Server (the express version is free and very good if you
have a MS based infrastructure and low numbers of users) are not something
you would use on their own.

-Dan

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Keri Heitner <Kheitner at earthlink.net>wrote:

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