Re: [tlug] wiki

[Walter Hansen <gandalf@example.com>]

bruno raoult wrote:
> Mark Makdad wrote:
> > This brings up a point I have been thinking about recently.  I used to
> > use flat text files for everything, before I discovered databases (er,
> > before the open source databases really caught up with commercially
> > available ones), and I'd have to say that even for the smallest task,
> > database-ing my data has generally made my life easier and my filesystem
> > cleaner.
>
> Agreed.
>
> It means you are comfortable with mysql, postgreql, sybase, oracle,
> etc... arent'you?
>
> In our case, mysql. Somebody said previously "SQL" language is standard
>
> Fine. But: Even some DB admin in my company refuse to go from Sybase to
> Oracle (both SQL, no?).
>
> br.
>
> PS. You sent your email from a Windows OS, your choice, after all :-).


Oracle is very persnickety. I don't like it much at all. I'm a lot more 
happy with MySQL. Haven't worked with the others, but it's a lot like 
Linux versions. If you're used to Debian and you get thrown onto Red 
Hat, it'll be quite a curve ball, but there will be things you recognize.

I'm on an old window machine too. A laptop owned by work. When it boots 
it has a cute picture of ME-chan with a Japanese blue screen of death.