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Poll: What database does your company/you use?

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Re: Poll: What database does your company/you use?

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Would be interesting to know the context; small or large company / is there a strong IT focus or is IT just an internal service for the company, etc; think that may give more telling results (i.e. enterprises that buy off-the-shelf are often forced the Oracle/SQL-Server route causing them to select the same techs for bespoke systems to limit DB diversity).

I think the only easy way to find that sort of stuff out is through the comments as HN doesn't allow for much customisation. It has its upsides though.

Re: Poll: What database does your company/you use?

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Sybase ASE and Sybase SQL Anywhere are not listed, yes they are different.

If you are going to have column stores, you should have InfiniDB.

And if you are going to have SQLite, you should also list MS SQL Server Compact. MS Access is also a viable option, also DBase and Filemaker.

Clustrix and NuoDB should also be in the list if you are listing NewSQL systems like VoltDB.

I am sure there are others :S as a DBA would be interested what businesses or systems only back onto column stores without a traditional RDBMS or a modern NoACID system.

Re: Poll: What database does your company/you use?

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Sybase ASE and Sybase SQL Anywhere are not listed, yes they are different. If you are going to have column stores, you should have InfiniDB. And if you are going to have SQLite, you should also list MS SQL Server Compact. MS Access is also a viable option, also DBase and Filemaker. Clustrix and NuoDB should also be in the list if you are listing NewSQL systems like VoltDB. I am sure there are others :S as a DBA would…

Sorry. There are hundreds of Database projects and I can see where you're coming from. I added the most popular and had a search around for some smaller ones that seem to be gaining traction. The comments should suffice otherwise.
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