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Oracle 9i is also available for linux at http://otn.oracle.com/software/products/oracle9i/htdocs/linuxsoft.html . Michael -- Michael Viron Project Manager / Primary Developer / Manager of Online Operations General Education Online http://www.findaschool.org At 07:16 PM 6/21/2002 -0500, Jerry Kreps wrote: >On Friday 21 June 2002 04:16 pm, J. Craig Woods wrote: >> Jerry Kreps wrote: >> > On Friday 21 June 2002 01:08 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > > Hello, >> > > >> > > I've got a client who has a Windows app that runs ODBC connections to a >> > > file server. The software company wants the client to set up a MS SQL >> > > server to supposedly fix the problems we are having. I'm a little >> > > familiar with MySQL, but is it a direct drop-in replacement for MS' >> > > product? I need connectivity to Win2k workstations. Ideas? >> > > >> > > Bob >> > >> > IMO, PostgreSQL is a better, more powerful RDBMS, that includes >> > transaction tracking, commit and rollback, inheritance, etc.... It >> > includes a lot of features that MySQL only has useless stubs for. The >> > stubs only maintain 'compatibility' with ANSI standards by not blowing up >> > if a script tries to use them. >> > >> > You won't find a 'drop-in' replacement for MS SQL (it's propriatary, >> > including formats), but IF you can export our of your old system to a tab >> > delimited or CVS file, then you can import into PostgreSQL. >> >> I would have to ditto what Jerry has stated here. If it is an enterprise >> solution you seek for your RDBMS, MySQL most likely will come up a bit >> short. Having worked with both MS SQL and Oracle, PostgreSQL is about >> the only open source database that will come close to meeting your >> needs. You can, however, look at Oracle 8i. There is a free version for >> Linux. I forget where I downloaded the bin from but a search on google >> should reveal something. >> >> drjung > >It's getting harder and harder to find. A couple of years ago I was able to >download it and some assciated apps, like Tora, which is similar to Toad, but >not as good. Oracle 8i is a difficult install and requires specific versions >RH libraries that may (?) be available from the RH website. If he'll email >me privately I'll send him my address, to which he can mail a self-addressed >and appropriately stamped CD mailer. >JLK > >-- >JLK > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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