How do I know which Database is best?

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I'm really new to php, and I appreciate all the help I can get. :help:
I apologize if this topic should have been in other forum categories.

Anyway, my question is, I'm new to php -as I said- and I'm on the way to learning, I still haven't reached the part to use a DB yet, but I will soon, so, what should I use best, Microsoft Access or MYSQL? Does it matterwhat version php I use? (I use php 5.0.2)

Help? :shock:

Thanks in advance.

 

[Anonymous]

MySQL. Access isn't so much a database as it is a parasite. And no, it doesn't matter what version of PHP you use.

 

[Anonymous]

LAMP is the new keyword...
Linux
Apache
MySQL
PHP

that should say it... Anyways.. if you are looking for hi-fi dB with procedires, functions, etc... you can try postGres as well

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the reply, guess I'll go with MYSQL.
:-D
I'll try the others though, once I finish my grad project that is 8-O , which is giving me headaches. And I'm sure I'll be posting some qs here and there.

Thanks again

 

[Alexej Kubarev]

I would say MySQL and Oracle
Even thou its best to use mysql with PHP, but ive worked with oracle in C# and just loved it. Maybe the reason to that is that i have a quity close connection to people that work there.. hehe... but the 9g and 10g Oracle DB are greate...

Im not sure that its possible to use them with PHP so i would go for MySQL

 

[Anonymous]

I would say MySQL and Oracle
Even thou its best to use mysql with PHP, but ive worked with oracle in C# and just loved it. Maybe the reason to that is that i have a quity close connection to people that work there.. hehe... but the 9g and 10g Oracle DB are greate...

Im not sure that its possible to use them with PHP so i would go for MySQL

how about PostgreSQL?