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Asked: 2026-05-12T17:51:06+00:00

I have to develop a web application in Java, a pretty big one with

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I have to develop a web application in Java, a pretty big one with loads of data to store and manipulate. I am also planning to use Hibernate and Spring.

There are many databases available now like MSSQL Server, MySQL Server, Oracle, db2, etc.. Which do you recommend?

Features I look for would be

  • Java – database connection should be efficient and easy to implement

  • good user interface for Database Server Management

  • data storage capacity

  • support

  • and obviously the cost factor.

All valuable suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance 🙂

Edited: The web application will be hosted on a Linux Server.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Everything works with Java, and you can get support for anything if you pay for it.

    My personal experience:

    1. Are your servers Windows machines? If not, MSSQL is out. Otherwise MSSQL has pretty decent GUIs. I haven’t tried working with it and Java — the Visual Studio support for developing with it is very good.

    2. I haven’t found Oracle to be worth the cost. I worked at a place that paid for support and still it took them forever to acknowledge data-munging bugs in the JDBC driver (still not fixed, last I checked).

    3. My MySql usage is simple — if you need complex functionality, check to make sure that it’s supported

    My 2 cents: stick with MySql or Postgres, simple SQL and try not to make any stored procedures or use proprietary SQL. If you find that you outgrow it, it will be a trivial port.

    The more you try to take advantage of the proprietary features, the more you will be locked in.

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