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Best lightweight database without complicated adminisration tasks
September 30, 2016

Best lightweight database without complicated adminisration tasks

Ali Ozkabak | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with MySQL

I use MySQL for one of my projects as a lightweight database to capture and report data from several Excel files.
  • I use sub-select to accomplish a complex query tasks.
  • I also like text searching in MySQL better than Oracle.
  • Updating data directly in the view is very convenient also.
  • In-clause with multiple fields like in Oracle would be helpful.
  • Full joins instead of left and right joins combined.
  • So far, I am using the community edition and [have] no reason to consider the ROI but I would prefer [it] against SQLServer or other commercial DBs.
I am very comfortable in using both Oracle (our enterprise level) database and MySQL for my personal use. I can easily switch between these two databases. In many cases, MySQL is my test and development environment. I am not able switch between Oracle and SQL Server as the language and data types are sometimes incompatible.
I prefer to use MySQL in smaller well controlled data sets both insert/update and selecting data for my reports. Works very well for me. However, in cases where there is a transactional data with large volume of data, it seems to cause performance issues for me.