David Harris wrote:
>
> Jeff Warner wrote:
> > We were a mySQL shop. We replaced mySQL with Oracle8i/mod_perl and
> > and Apache::DBI. Works great, once it is all setup. Our overall
> > processing is faster with Oracle too. The lack of transactions and
> > views put an immediate end of mySQL once we got into the details of my
> > project.
> >
> > Oracle is overkill for smaller task but you don't have to worry about
> > outgrowing it.
>
> What about PostgreSQL (www.postgresql.org)? It looks like it has transaction
> management (commit, rollback) with the whole concurrency control thing. I
> don't know if has views. I've got a small project that I am figuring on
> using PostgreSQL for, so I'm curious to hear what people might have to say
> about it.
>
> Another option to look at is Solid (www.solidtech.com). They just quoted me
> their Solid Embedded Server (their name for a database server) for $2,000
> per CPU. I used their database server a few years ago and it was very nice.
> Back then it cost only $200, too... :-)
>
Has anyone tried this (especially on other distributions/kernel/libc
versions):
http://www.interbase.com/downloads/summaries/19.html
I'd be most interested in your experiences.
Of course, InterBase is going open-source, soon. :-)
