Genereal Question about database

[panais]

i want ro connect my vb programe with a database.Can i use mysql for doing so?Whitch one do u think is better fot me to use?

[d3gerald]

you can use any database you want as long as it suits your preference.

[ganeshmoorthy]

what kind of app you are developing and what are the things you are looking in a database...mysql is not a bad choice...

[panais]

thx guys

i am developing a dynamic map generator.i have to save all the things i add to the picture and be able to change them afterwards.

[ganeshmoorthy]

it seems your database will have lots of data, if the volume is more and you want that to be in the network then i suggest you go for sql.
if not high volume data then go for access.

[BrailleSchool]

thx guys

i am developing a dynamic map generator.i have to save all the things i add to the picture and be able to change them afterwards.

if you save the images to the mysql db then the field type in the db should be BLOB

[BrailleSchool]

it seems your database will have lots of data, if the volume is more and you want that to be in the network then i suggest you go for sql.
if not high volume data then go for access.

if the user is working with images, i wouldnt suggest access because of its 2gb limit

[ganeshmoorthy]

sql's capacity can be increased to any limit

[BrailleSchool]

sql's capacity can be increased to any limit

access has a total storage capasity of 2gb. when it comes to any other db, it depends on how much space is available on the computer that the db is stored on. so in reality, everthing has a limit.

[ganeshmoorthy]

if not high volume data then go for access.

access has a total storage capasity of 2gb. when it comes to any other db, it depends on how much space is available on the computer that the db is stored on. so in reality, everthing has a limit.

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