Looking for a database

[Paul Smith]

On 1/29/06, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Could someone please recommend a nice and well documented database
> > program for a person who has never used a database?
>
> That's not much to go on when asking for a recommendation.
> The obvious choices on fedora will be MySQL and postgresql
> and between those, postgresql follows the sql standards
> more closely and has a less restrictive license.  Mysql
> might be slightly faster if your usage is mostly read-only.
>
> You'll also need client side tools.  Perl/php/java are
> often used for web access and there are some generic
> frameworks available.  Openoffice/base could be used
> for something more interactive.

Thanks to all. I have tried OpenOffice Base, but it is slow.
Postgresql seems to be nice. Is there some gui for it, i.e., for
postgresql?

Paul