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> From: Terry Lee Tucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Sent: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 10:49:59 -0400
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Route Miles
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> > Matt,
> >
> > This is a logistics package and we move freight for customers for
--- Original Message ---
From: Terry Lee Tucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Sent: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 10:49:59 -0400
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Route Miles
> Matt,
>
> This is a logistics package and we move freight for customers for a fee.
> Quite
>
Matt,
This is a logistics package and we move freight for customers for a fee. Quite
often that fee is based on the number of miles traveled. The vast majority of
our customers demand that we calculate their rate using either PCMiler or
Rand McNally. A handful use their own mileage calcuations
On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 10:13 -0400, Terry Lee Tucker wrote:
> we would have to use the [non-free] products above because
> the customers demand calculations based on a commercial product.
Are you saying that customers demand that you use a non-free product, or
are you saying that customers demand a
We use PCMiler and Rand McNally products, but they certainly aren't free. Both
programs have good API's and run on Linux, which is of interest to us. We
have the mileage lookup functionality integerated in to trigger code with C
functions that do the work. I don't know of any free products. For
