looking for db recommendation

[Bishmer Sekaran]

mz wrote:
> I'm migrating from M$ WinXP to openSUSE 11.0. At the moment I'm looking 
> for a db for simple personal use.
>
> I have a music collection db in M$ Access. There are about 1900 records 
> w/ six variables. The collection is mostly vinyl LPs (i.e., entered by 
> hand) with another 2000 LPs not yet in the db. If possible, I'd like 
> to do a simple import w/ minimal clean up to avoid re-entering the 
> existing records.
>
> What are the recommendations for a db and how best to accomplish the 
> migration?
>
> TIA,
> Mark Z.
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It won't be a popular answer, but Postgres! Stable and rock-solid
means you'll never lose data, and the documentation and community
are pretty top-notch IMHO. For such a small number of records, it will
also be more than speed-competitive with the lighter DBs.