Inprise plans to make InterBase open source the first half of the year.
This might only be version 6, which was in beta and not necessarily ready
for prime time. But the idea of a commercial SQL-92 compliant RDBMS being
made open source is a welcome one.
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/01/03/155
We use MySQL for all of oour database-driven/e-commerce sites, and it's
the example database used throughout my soon-to-be-published PHP
Essentials book (although PHP's other database functions are documented
as well...).
However, I don't do really well in holy wars, so I'm just offering the
UR
On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Aaron Malone wrote:
> > mysql is not free according to the DFSG[1] (or opensource according to
> > the OSD[2], if you take that side). See
> >http://www.mysql.com/Manual_chapter/manual_Licensing_and_Support.html
>
> However, if you don't mind using a slightly-old version,
Samantha Jo Moore wrote:
> I suggest you check Informix (tm). It's really good, solid, easy
> to use, and the Linux developer distro is free (at least a while
> back). Check out:
>
> http://www.informix.com
>
> Samantha Jo Moore
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.thetahoegroup.com
>
>
On Mon, 3 Jan 2000 19:55:52 -, "Ian Phillips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Bur if by "real" database you mean a genuine RDBMS then both mSQL and
>mySQL fail the test. One of the reasons that they are so fast is that
>a lot of functionality is missing from them. Have a look though, and
>see what
On Mon, 3 Jan 2000 07:19:14 -0800 (PST), Michelle Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
>Working on my first resolution - to get a "real" database system
>running. Our existing database to date consists of bunches of
>flatfiles and directory filesystems. Access is through perl
>scripts/html pages.
On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 07:55:52PM -, Ian Phillips wrote:
> > You might want to take a look at MySQL. We use it in combination with
> > the DBI perl module.
>
> Bur if by "real" database you mean a genuine RDBMS then both mSQL and mySQL fail the
>test. One of the reasons that they are so fa
On Mon, 03 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> Working on my first resolution - to get a "real"
> database system running. Our existing database to
> date consists of bunches of flatfiles and directory
> filesystems. Access is through perl scripts/html
> pages. I would like to get a more formal database
> s
> > Also, mysql (mysql.com) and msql, both free. Freeness makes them good
> > for
> > learning what you want in a "real" database. And they might turn out
> mysql is not free according to the DFSG[1] (or opensource
> according to the OSD[2], if you take that side). See
True. I was being a b
> You might want to take a look at MySQL. We use it in combination with
> the DBI perl module.
Bur if by "real" database you mean a genuine RDBMS then both mSQL and mySQL fail the
test. One of the reasons that they are so fast is that a lot of functionality is
missing from them. Have a look th
I suggest you check Informix (tm). It's really good, solid, easy
to use, and the Linux developer distro is free (at least a while
back). Check out:
http://www.informix.com
Samantha Jo Moore
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.thetahoegroup.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux
> mysql is not free according to the DFSG[1] (or opensource according to
> the OSD[2], if you take that side). See
>http://www.mysql.com/Manual_chapter/manual_Licensing_and_Support.html
However, if you don't mind using a slightly-old version, MySQL v3.20.32a is
available under the GPL.
--
A
Just because I think roxen challenger's database access tags are cool,
and somewhat on topic:
http://www.roxen.com/documentation/creator/database/index.html
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Excerpts from linuxchix: 3-Jan-100 Re: [techtalk] need databas.. by Jeff
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> Also, mysql (mysql.com) and msql, both free. Freeness makes them good for
> learning what you want in a "real" database. And they might turn out be be
mysql is not free according to the DFSG[1] (or op
You might want to take a look at MySQL. We use it in combination with
the DBI perl module.
It is very fast and can handle very large databases.
The DBI module is clean and easy to use. It handles several kinds of
databases and most of the basic functionality is the same across all of
them, so y
> Hey girl,
I'd probably get flayed if I said something like that :-)
> What I use is postgres.
Also, mysql (mysql.com) and msql, both free. Freeness makes them good for
learning what you want in a "real" database. And they might turn out be be
"real" enough for you.
Hey girl,
What I use is postgres. Its a freeware SQL database for linux and has
ports to most distros of Unix. I also wrote some html front ends that
put stuff in and pull stuff out of the database using cgis written in
C. Its pretty good for what we use it for, but pretty soon I think we
are g
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