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hostingen
06-30-2009, 09:53 AM
Hi,

I would like to know the difference between FoxPro, Mysql, and Access? which one is faster, which one is better, and which is the most widely adopted software?

Is FoxPro hard to program/use?

thanks.

mioot
07-01-2009, 12:47 AM
Mysql is best and FoxPro and Access are outdated one.

RBooth
07-01-2009, 12:31 PM
What type of program are you going to be making and what language are you going to be using?

awatson
07-01-2009, 02:27 PM
Assuming whatever you're doing is going to be web-based, I'd suggest going with MySQL if only because it's very widely supported, so finding hosting or support will be easier.

HTTP404
07-01-2009, 03:35 PM
MySQL is the best, its open source, and more commonly used, so getting support if required will be much easier, also with Fox Pro and Access you'll need licensing. MySQL is open source and free :)

awatson
07-01-2009, 04:03 PM
And MySQL is also widely supported in a lot of the popular languages used for web apps like PHP.

eeg3
07-01-2009, 11:44 PM
Unless you're specifically having issues with MySQL, it is pretty much the standard for databases in web hosting.

mwatkins
07-02-2009, 02:00 AM
FoxPro is a programming environment which includes both date persistence and a procedural language. MySQL is a SQL database engine (persistence) but no procedural language.

The two are not equivalent.

What type of application do you intend to develop?

aradapilot
07-02-2009, 09:32 AM
Stay away from access. In my many years as an IT professional, I have rarely seen a more worthless piece of software.