Database connectivity

Hi there,

I'm new to C# and I need to know what databases are possible to use with the language.
I do know that SQL Server is supported and recommended by many pro's, but what other types are possible?
Firebird seems like a fine alternative by me, but as I know right now, it is the responsibility of the Firebird group to arrange connectivity to it's database, right?
Is C# a good language to develop a medium sized CRM-application with?

Thanks in advance!

Hey Man,

Welcome to C# and I hope you truly enjoy your experience with it. In my estimation, it is much like any other C derivative applications but I like the fact that it works with Visual Studio. C# is a very powerful language. I know many large scale applications that have been written specifically in C#. As far as using it, I would say give it a try. If you don’t like it, work with something else. I love it, I came from Visual Basic (wheeezzzeee, barf) and I will never go back. Then again, if you are familiar with Java then C# will be easy to pickup.

In my experience I have only ever used 3 databases. MSSQL, MYSQL and Oracle. All three are supported within C# if you have the appropriate API's or if you are using Visual Studio you can use the built in classes from their framework to get a connection to each of these databases.

I have used firebird but I did some searches and it looks like it is supported. See the below link.
http://www.mono-project.com/Firebird_Interbase

Let me know if you have any other questions and I would be more than happy to help.

Thanks,

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Remi19y ago
Thanks for your response! :)
Blake Arnold19y ago
Hey Man,

Welcome to C# and I hope you truly enjoy your experience with it. In my estimation, it is much like any other C derivative applications but I like the fact that it works with Visual Studio. C# is a very powerful language. I know many large scale applications that have been written specifically in C#. As far as using it, I would say give it a try. If you don’t like it, work with something else. I love it, I came from Visual Basic (wheeezzzeee, barf) and I will never go back. Then again, if you are familiar with Java then C# will be easy to pickup.

In my experience I have only ever used 3 databases. MSSQL, MYSQL and Oracle. All three are supported within C# if you have the appropriate API's or if you are using Visual Studio you can use the built in classes from their framework to get a connection to each of these databases.

I have used firebird but I did some searches and it looks like it is supported. See the below link.
http://www.mono-project.com/Firebird_Interbase

Let me know if you have any other questions and I would be more than happy to help.

Thanks,