Re: [SLUG] [PIG] databases

From: Levi Bard (taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Sep 13 2006 - 16:52:56 EDT


> I'm in a program design team as part of one of my classes. Ooo aah. The
> other members appear to be leaning toward using C# and .NET, even though I
> told them that I couldn't be much help with coding as all I knew was that C#
> was kin to C and C++, and that .NET appeared to be MS's attempt to conflate
> the TLD "net" with "a programming extension from MS" in the minds of the
> public.
>
> As part of this project, we need to use a database. I proposed that we host
> it on my machine as it's up all the time anyhow, and with the services of
> no-ip.{org,com} has a static address; plus it, of course, runs Linux. What
> db should I look into that's accessible from C#/.NET, reasonably
> lightweight, and free (gratis) or low cost? Also, can I invoke it from
> xinetd or is it something that runs all the time, and what port(s) does it
> use?

Mysql comes to mind. MySqlAB provides a .NET library called MySql
Connector/Net, as detailed at http://www.mono-project.com/MySQL

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