I'd say never be subjective n say "i'm not a fan of MS". Choose what works the best for you. Check ur budget... ur time ur method of programming and ur DB knowlede. And ofcorse the size of your project. For website(not web applications) i'd prefer mySQL For webapps I'd preffer MSSQL. For intranet use I'd preffer Oracle. M.Saleh.EG +971 50 4779817 -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php