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It is easy to construct ad-hoc queries against this database

Based on responses from 852 people, we've built up the following picture of how well "It is easy to construct ad-hoc queries against this database" describes different databases.

Top items

  1. PostgreSQL
  2. MySQL
  3. GenieDB
  4. MSSQL Server
  5. Voldemort
  6. Oracle
  7. Access
  8. Sybase
  9. MongoDB
  10. Sqlite

Bottom items

  1. Flat files
  2. dbm
  3. Redis
  4. BerkeleyDB
  5. Memcachedb
  6. Cassandra
  7. BigTable
  8. HypergraphDB
  9. HBase
  10. Excel

Most similar to

  1. There are good commercial tools for working with this database
  2. This database is very reliable
  3. I am familiar with this database
  4. This database is good for heavily mathematical operations on data
  5. This database is good for performing complex operations on large amounts of data

Most dissimilar from

  1. This database has a low footprint
  2. This database would be good for embedding in an application
  3. This database has an unusual data model
  4. This database is very easy to get started with
  5. There are good open source tools for working with this database

All items

  1. PostgreSQL
  2. MySQL
  3. GenieDB
  4. MSSQL Server
  5. Voldemort
  6. Oracle
  7. Access
  8. Sybase
  9. MongoDB
  10. Sqlite
  11. Tokyo Cabinet
  12. h2
  13. CouchDB
  14. Derby
  15. DB2
  16. SQLAnywhere
  17. neo4j
  18. Riak
  19. Excel
  20. HBase
  21. HypergraphDB
  22. BigTable
  23. Cassandra
  24. Memcachedb
  25. BerkeleyDB
  26. Redis
  27. dbm
  28. Flat files