[TriLUG] Free SQL DB options for Linux

[Jeremy P]

On Wed, 8 May 2002, J Johnson wrote:

> What are the options that some of you may have used in regards to sql
> databases for Linux?
> Key things I am interested in are free and support for transactions. A
> coworker of mine here is asking and I don't know enough about MySQL,
> PostgreSQL, etc.

You definitely want PostgreSQL.  It's reasonably fast and has some
transaction support (although don't expect as many features as Oracle or
MS-SQL.)   MySQL doesn't support transactions, and in my experience is
quite slow when dealing with large tables, even when properly indexed.

--Jeremy