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MySQL is used for part of the Medix system - we wish we had used it for all of it, too. This is a heavyweight database management system (DBMS) that is suitable for most heavyweight applications. If you are looking at high cost products such as Oracle, you should evaluate MySQL first - it could save you hundreds of thousands of pounds. If some of the more exotic functions of Oracle are genuinely required, open source PostgreSQL(link) is available as a more teckie alternative.
Remember, DBMS (even MS Access) are not really for the inexperienced. Unlike Access, MySQL and PostgreSQL are weak on end-user and application development tools. Unlike Access, however, they were designed bottom-up as heavy duty, multi-user DBMS. A good approach to applications development is to use something like Access for the front-end and MySQL/PostgreSQL for the backend.
Both MySQL and PostgreSQL are free and the technical documentation is exhaustive. MySQL has a Windows version that is very easy to set up and is a good evaluation tool.
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