Ecommerce Web Hosting Databases

There are a large list of databases that are used for ecommerce web hosting and each have their strengths and weaknesses.

See list below.

Database Name: MS SQL Server (Microsoft)
Operating Systems Supported: MS Windows
Features: Transactions, Referential integrity, Unicode, ACID
Interface: SQL
Maximum size: Unlimited
Maximum columns per row: 1024
Maximum number size: 64 bits
Partitioning: Yes

Database Name: MySQL (Sun Microsystems)
Operating Systems Supported: MS Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD, Unix
Features: Transactions, Referential integrity, Unicode, ACID
Interface: SQL
Maximum size: Unlimited
Maximum columns per row: 3398
Maximum number size: 64 bits
Partitioning: Yes

Database Name: Oracle (Oracle Corporation)
Operating Systems Supported: MS Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, Unix
Features: Transactions, Referential integrity, Unicode, ACID
Interface: SQL
Maximum size: Unlimited
Maximum columns per row: 1000
Maximum number size: 64 bits
Partitioning: Yes

Database Name: Postgre SQL (PostgreSQL Global Development)
Operating Systems Supported: MS Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD, Unix
Features: Transactions, Referential integrity, Unicode, ACID
Interface: SQL
Maximum size: Unlimited
Maximum columns per row: 250-1600
Maximum number size: 64 bits
Partitioning: Yes

Database Name: Adaptive Server Enterprise (Sybase)
Operating Systems Supported: MS Windows, Linux, BSD, Unix
Features: Transactions, Referential integrity, Unicode, ACID
Interface: GUI
Maximum size: Unlimited
Maximum columns per row: 256
Maximum number size: 64 bits
Partitioning: Yes

Database Name: Apache Derby (Apache)
Operating Systems Supported: MS Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD, Unix
Features: Transactions, Referential integrity, Unicode, ACID
Interface: SQL
Maximum size:
Maximum columns per row:
Maximum number size: 64 bits
Partitioning: No

Database Name: DB2 (IBM)
Operating Systems Supported: MS Windows, Linux, Unix
Features: Transactions, Referential integrity, Unicode, ACID
Interface: GUI & SQL
Maximum size:
Maximum columns per row: 1012
Maximum number size: 64 bits
Partitioning: Yes