Databases - opensource

[gerry.feldman at compaq.com (Jerry Feldman)]

Another database system is BerkeleyDB. That also has tranactional 
support. However, I tested it as a possible replacement for a btree based 
database on a previous contract, and it failed under some stress when I 
was running about 200 processes each with about 1 transaction a minute 
(to simulate drivers license updates for a certain state). BerkeleyDB is 
essentially a modernized version of GDBM with multiple keys, locking, 
et. al.  

On 24 Oct 2000, at 13:51, Mark J. Dulcey wrote:

> > MySQL
> > Interbase
> > DB2
> > PostgreSQL
> > DBMaker
> 
> I've been using MySQL recently at my job, and it has been working well.
> It's fast, and does everything we need it to do.
> 
> MySQL does not have transaction support (the ability to bundle multiple
> updates up as a unit, and roll the changes back unless all of them
> succeed). If your application needs that, you'll have to look elsewhere.
> PostgreSQL is one possibility that has been recommended by others; I
> haven't used it yet.
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