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Subject: Re: Which databases are the most used with Java
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2017 20:30:35 +0200
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On 13.08.2017 18:08, Sebastian wrote:
>>> Am 13.08.2017 um 07:58 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
>>>> I am making a wrapper around JDBC. I myself only use SQLite3 (at the=

>>>> moment), but I want to share it. Then I should implement (at least)
>>>> the most important databases. I am thinking that the following
>>>> probably are used a lot:
>>>>     SQlite
>>>>     MySQL
>>>>     MariaDB
>>>>     PostgreSQL
>>>>     Oracle
>>>>     SQLServer
>>>>     DB2
>>>>     H2
>>>>     Derby
>>>>     HyperSQL
>>>>
>>>> I should -I think- at least write an implementation for those. I am
>>>> using Linux, but I understood that nowadays you can run SQLServer on=

>>>> Linux. So it should be doable.
>>>>
>>>> Are there any other database that I =E2=80=98should=E2=80=99 impleme=
nt?
>=20
> Back to the original question: In 15 years of development work for midl=
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> to large sized companies I have never seen an open source database used=
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> in the production environment, it's mostly Oracle, SQLServer, and DB2, =

> with the single exception of PostgreSQL.

Now I'm confused: did you see an OSS DB in production - or not? :-)

Another aspect of the original question that puzzled me right from the=20
start: why does it matter at all what JDBC driver is really used.  Since =

all the types are interfaces anyway _any_ JDBC driver should work with=20
the wrapper library (except vendor specific things which require=20
specific types anyway).

Kind regards

	robert

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remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end
http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/