<p>What database should a beginner use in the C language?</p>

<p>Can I use MySQL?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

[{'answer_id': 42902, 'author': 'John Millikin', 'author_id': 3560, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3560', 'pm_score': 4, 'selected': True, 'text': '<p>You can use SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or any other DBMS with a C language binding.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href="http://www.sqlite.org/quickstart.html" rel="noreferrer">SQLite In 5 Minutes Or Less</a></li>\n<li><a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/c.html" rel="noreferrer">MySQL C API</a></li>\n<li><a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/libpq.html" rel="noreferrer">PostgreSQL C API</a></li>\n</ul>\n'}, {'answer_id': 42904, 'author': 'Rob', 'author_id': 3542, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3542', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>MySQL has C bindings, so you could use that; libmysql usually installs the necessary headers and library files. You might also experiment with something like <a href="http://www.sqlite.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SQLite</a> if you just want to mess about with a DBMS in C.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 42907, 'author': 'aku', 'author_id': 1196, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1196', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>If you question is "What RDBMS do you recommend for beginner?" I agree that MySQL is not a bad choice. It\'s easy to install and configure. I think that most RDMS can be accessed from C code now days</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 4263210, 'author': 'winwaed', 'author_id': 481927, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/481927', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>As pointed out, most have C bindings, so would be suitable.  MySQL is open source and has lots of online docs and books in print, so this is a good start.</p>\n\n<p>SQLite has a growing number of fans but I have yet to use it. It would be much easier to setup/install so could be good for learning about tables and SQL.</p>\n'}]
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