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Free Database Servers/Engines
Tools to build ASP
Here is a very extensive list of "Free" databases. This list was but together to give developers the rightr choice over poorly used
items such as flat files, personal (desktop) databases etc... Also to show it does not cost $$ to give you the power of some costly database servers.
Although there are limits to these free db's, they are powerful and should be utilized over methods that cost valuable performance.
Keep programming the right way and happy sleepless nights doing it!
Special thanks goes to damber, SQLDenis, Tarwn and stefanwagner for building this list and finidng the links.
Note: please report all broken links via the "Send a Comment to onpnt About This FAQ" link. Thanks for helping to keep this list updated.
Firebird
http://firebird.sourceforge.net/
PostGreSQL
http://www.postgresql.org/
MySQL
http://dev.mysql.com/
SQL Server 2005 Express
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/express/default.mspx
DB2 Express Edition
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/edition-expressc.html
Oracle Express Edition
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html
SAP DB
http://www.mysql.com/products/maxdb/
Sybase ASE Express Edition for Linux
http://www.sybase.com/linuxpromo#1
Axion
http://axion.tigris.org/
Speedy
http://www.geocities.com/wabhar/speedy.htm
pocketSQL
http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/graphics/visual/ploticus/cgipal/pocketsql.html
SQL Relay
http://sqlrelay.sourceforge.net/
Flipdb
http://flipdb.com/
GadflyB5
http://gadfly.sourceforge.net/
HSQLDB
http://www.hsqldb.org/
cloudscape
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/cloudscape/
JoSQL
http://josql.sourceforge.net/
LocalSQL
http://localsql.sourceforge.net/
MonetDB
http://monetdb.cwi.nl/
txtSQL
https://sourceforge.net/projects/txtsql
Mckoi SQL
http://www.mckoi.com/database/index.html#Download
PicoSQL
http://www.picosoft.it/picosql/downloads.html
SQLite
http://www.sqlite.org/download.html
tdbSQL
http://tdbsql.tdbengine.org/
Genezzo
http://www.genezzo.com/
items such as flat files, personal (desktop) databases etc... Also to show it does not cost $$ to give you the power of some costly database servers.
Although there are limits to these free db's, they are powerful and should be utilized over methods that cost valuable performance.
Keep programming the right way and happy sleepless nights doing it!
Special thanks goes to damber, SQLDenis, Tarwn and stefanwagner for building this list and finidng the links.
Note: please report all broken links via the "Send a Comment to onpnt About This FAQ" link. Thanks for helping to keep this list updated.
Firebird
http://firebird.sourceforge.net/
PostGreSQL
http://www.postgresql.org/
MySQL
http://dev.mysql.com/
SQL Server 2005 Express
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/express/default.mspx
DB2 Express Edition
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/edition-expressc.html
Oracle Express Edition
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html
SAP DB
http://www.mysql.com/products/maxdb/
Sybase ASE Express Edition for Linux
http://www.sybase.com/linuxpromo#1
Axion
http://axion.tigris.org/
Speedy
http://www.geocities.com/wabhar/speedy.htm
pocketSQL
http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/graphics/visual/ploticus/cgipal/pocketsql.html
SQL Relay
http://sqlrelay.sourceforge.net/
Flipdb
http://flipdb.com/
GadflyB5
http://gadfly.sourceforge.net/
HSQLDB
http://www.hsqldb.org/
cloudscape
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/cloudscape/
JoSQL
http://josql.sourceforge.net/
LocalSQL
http://localsql.sourceforge.net/
MonetDB
http://monetdb.cwi.nl/
txtSQL
https://sourceforge.net/projects/txtsql
Mckoi SQL
http://www.mckoi.com/database/index.html#Download
PicoSQL
http://www.picosoft.it/picosql/downloads.html
SQLite
http://www.sqlite.org/download.html
tdbSQL
http://tdbsql.tdbengine.org/
Genezzo
http://www.genezzo.com/