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I have been using MS IIS server and MS Sql client Management Studio at workplace on Windows system. My home system is a Ubuntu system and I like setup a database server and a client to interact with the database. So I want recommendations on the server software and client I can go for in Ubuntu

Platform: Ubuntu/Linux
License: Free

SQL client: With GUI, allowing queries, (auto complete/intellisence is advantageous)

SQL server: should support relational database.

I am expecting multiple answers and chose the one I like after trying them all.

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    MySQL Workbench? – Chris Burton Jan 24 '15 at 12:45
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    Do you want to have "open-source" or "gratis" when you say "free"? – Angelo Fuchs Mar 17 '15 at 9:24
  • I agree with @ChrisBurton - MySql is the way to go. It is one of the most widely used and supported databases around. MySqlWorkBench is a great tool, for designing databases, reverse engineering them and for CRUD. If you need to learn something new, I would suggest that you stick to ODBC in case you ever switch database systems again. You might miss out on a few features that are specific to a particular database type, but you won't have to rewrite any software to switch database systems - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Database_Connectivity – Mawg Mar 17 '15 at 12:28
  • Pretty broad I'd say. An "SQL server supporting a relational database" is like "a car with wheels", or "past history" :) Same for an "SQL client allowing queries". There are much more details needed here: how much data is to be stored (for up to several MiB, SQLite is fine and x-platform – for several TiB even MySQL might have trouble), what needs to interface with it (web server? SAP clients?) Please read What is required for a question to contain "enough information"?, and then see if you can edit and improve your post. Thanks! – Izzy♦ Mar 17 '15 at 23:27
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I recommend you use PostgreSQL.

It is a very advanced relational database system. Its very close to the ANSI-SQL:2008 standard and has a lot of features that might come in handy further down the road.

If you are just starting to get to know relational databases Postgres will teach you a lot of function that you will find (in one way or another) in other RDBMS as well.

Postgres comes with its own client called pgAdmin3. It also has a command line interface if you require one.

MS-SQL and Postgres are similar to each other that most stuff "just works" but they are sufficiently different to each other that a lot of stuff requires learning.

Postgres has lots and lots and lots of documentation and tutorials so you will find it easy to find the answers to your questions.

Here is a tutorial to setup the database and first user etc.

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  • Thanks @Angelo. I will Check it out – Sathish Mar 17 '15 at 14:58

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