What Online Database I Can Use To Be A Server For Vb.Net And Android?

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I am needing an online database wherein vb.net and android can access, i will use it as a server to store data. I found parse but in .net it allows for windows 8 only. Any idea what is an online database i can use? Plus factor is it is free like parse.

Posted 6-Aug-14 16:26pm

Kim Paulene Opulencia

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 7-Aug-14 1:31am

What does it mean, "online database"? :-)
—SA

Kim Paulene Opulencia 7-Aug-14 1:47am

Like a server for the vb.net and android wherein the data will be there for the two.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 7-Aug-14 12:08pm

Normally, a database server is not a "server for the VB.NET". And not even for ".NET". I actually never heard of one, because it would make little sense. At best, it could be a .NET tier between some database server (SQL or noSQL, or whatever) and client code. And certainly nothing can be a "server for VB.NET". You need to understand what database servers do. So far, you need to understand what you really want, only then you can get some advice...
—SA

Tino Fourie 11-Aug-14 15:22pm

You get Propriety (SAP and Oracle) and Generic (MySQL, Interbase and MS SQL) database management servers. Propriety DB systems can only be used by their own development environment and does not have connectors to be used by other languages.

If I am not mistaken, Oracle is starting to open their doors by distributing connectors that can be used by other languages.

Android is Linux based therefore it will make perfect sense to at least consider using MySQL for your database. Most ISP's running Linux servers will have MySQL installed.

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2014-08-10T04:56:00

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You can use any database you want. There is no such thing as a database engine that only works with certain programming languages.

Posted 10-Aug-14 4:56am

Dave Kreskowiak

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Kim Paulene Opulencia 11-Aug-14 21:47pm

yeah i know sir dave im just having hard time searching for a best database i can use to fit to the system and application i will make. they said xamp is possible.

Jacob Antivirus · Answer 2 · 2014-08-10T03:27:00

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Downlaod dropbox it is 100% and you could use text docments or database files to hold data.

Posted 10-Aug-14 3:27am

Jacob Antivirus

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Tino Fourie 11-Aug-14 15:14pm

Dropbox is a file hosting / sharing solution and was never meant to be used as a data presentation platform. If you are spending the time to write software, then the least you can do is to respect your backend and by that I do not mean your bottom.

A chain is as strong as its weakest link, your database is one such link. Why bother writing a piece of software to write to a text file hosted on dropbox.

Flat files were used in the days when Wang, Unisys, IBM Persetel, ICL, CDC Cyber, etc. were big names in the mainframe computing industry. Cobol (Reporting) and Fortran (Scientific) were the most commonly used development environments known at the time, not forgetting Natural Adabas and Basic. None of these had a decent Database Management System like we have today, namely SQL to name but one. ISAM and VSAM file structures were used back then which really boils down to some degree of a Flat File structure.

Use MySQL for your backend storage. It is available for both Microsoft and Linux and any ISP running Linux Servers will have it by default with all Linux distro's.

If you want people to take your seriously, you need to get off your bloody DropBox backend suggestion. Posting silly solutions (this is the 2nd DropBox post) you post and getting down voted every time means you move backwards with your over all scoring which coincides with you advising members to use dropbox, which is moving back in time (more like to the 70's and 80's).

PLEASE think before you post and remember DropBox is NOT a recognized Database Management System.

Kim Paulene Opulencia 11-Aug-14 21:45pm

thanks. yeah i know dropbox is not what im looking for. online mysql right thats what youre suggesting sir?