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*: SqliteVersusDbstar - A comparision of SQLite and the db.* database engine
recently open-sourced by ITTIA.
! *: What about EmbeddedMySQL?: ({link:
! http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/libmysqld_overview.html description}) I
don't know enough to do a comparison myself, but it seems to have a lot of
overlap.
! A big turn off for EmbeddedMySQL is their license - here's an extract:
! _:"The MySQL source code is covered by the GNU GPL license (see section G GNU
General Public License). One result of this is that any program which includes,
by linking with libmysqld, the MySQL source code must be released as free
software (under a license compatible with the GPL)." (added by
{link:http://www.smartpethealth.com DV})
! Another turn off is its size: when i link SQLite into my app the difference is
barely noticed not so with EmbeddedMySQL.
*: What about SimpleSQL?: ({link: http://www.simplesql.org/ for description})
*: Sqlite Versus {link: http://firebird.sourceforge.net/ Firebird} -
Firebird is open source, cross platform, embeddable, has wrappers for many
language. Firebird is a full featured database and has a footprint of 2-3
MByte. A good choice when SQLite is too lite. Firebird can be used free of
charge even for closed source projects.
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*: SqliteVersusDbstar - A comparision of SQLite and the db.* database engine
recently open-sourced by ITTIA.
! *: What about EmbeddedMySQL?: ({link: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/libmysqld_overview.html description}) I
don't know enough to do a comparison myself, but it seems to have a lot of
overlap.
! _::A big turn off for EmbeddedMySQL is their license - here's an extract:
!
! _:::"The MySQL source code is covered by the GNU GPL license (see section G GNU
General Public License). One result of this is that any program which includes,
by linking with libmysqld, the MySQL source code must be released as free
software (under a license compatible with the GPL)." (added by
{link:http://www.smartpethealth.com DV})
! _::Another turn off is its size: when i link SQLite into my app the difference is
barely noticed not so with EmbeddedMySQL.
*: What about SimpleSQL?: ({link: http://www.simplesql.org/ for description})
+ _:: SimpleSQL is only sparsely documented. The code is uncommented except
+ for a boiler-plate header comment on each file. There are some test cases
+ but the testing seems to be much less rigorous than SQLite. SimpleSQL uses
+ the LGPL license.
+
*: Sqlite Versus {link: http://firebird.sourceforge.net/ Firebird} -
Firebird is open source, cross platform, embeddable, has wrappers for many
language. Firebird is a full featured database and has a footprint of 2-3
MByte. A good choice when SQLite is too lite. Firebird can be used free of
charge even for closed source projects.
+
+
+ *: SQLite versus {link: http://www.sleepycat.com/ Berkeley DB}:
+
+ _:: Berkeley DB (BDB) is just the data storage layer - it does not support
+ SQL or schemas. In spite of this, BDB is twice the size of
+ SQLite. A comparison between BDB and SQLite is similar to a comparison
+ between assembly language and a dynamic language like Python or Tcl.
+ BDB is probably much faster if you code it carefully. But it is much more
+ difficult to use and considerably less flexible.
Small. Fast. Reliable.
Choose any three.
Choose any three.
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