i thought postgre was a for profit company? how do they generate revenues? ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 4:19 PM
> 1) DBI is a perl module to handle the communication with various databases. > 2) Postgres is free. I believe that you can buy commercial support, but I don't know > where. May be Rich can jump in with that. > 3) DBI is free and so is perl. I'm cheap & easy, but not free. > > > On 01/14/2004 02:34:52 PM, Ryan wrote: > > what is DBI? > > > > is postgre free? Is it like linux where you pay for support? I cant find any > > licensing info on the website. Most shops dont need oracle, sql server, > > sybase, or DB2. > > > > Most applications are small. I was on a project where the government had an > > Oracle EE license on windows. They didnt even use foreign key constraints. > > Had a whopping 13 tables, 20 MB of data, and 10-15 users. Any free database > > could have handled that. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 1:44 PM > > > > > > > > > > On 01/14/2004 12:44:25 PM, "Jesse, Rich" wrote: > > > > If you have the choice, look at PostgreSQL in addition to MySQL. From > > what > > > > I've seen, it's more mature than MySQL. > > > > > > I second that. PostgresSQL supports transactions and uses perl as its > > > scripting language. From what little I read and saw (just a little pilot > > > project with the goal to see "what the heck is Postgres"), it's a very > > > decent database, with a decent performance and capabilities sufficient > > > for a small, departmental database server. I know nothing of clustering, > > > distributed database, database links, replication and alike. In other > > words, > > > I wouldn't use it for an enterprise-wide server for GE or Wall-Mart, but > > > it can be quite a convenient storage space for a small corner shop or a > > > small department. Because of perl and DBI, exchanging data with other > > > servers like oracle or UDB (DB2) is easy. > > > > > > -- > > > Mladen Gogala > > > Oracle DBA > > > -- > > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > > -- > > > Author: Mladen Gogala > > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > > > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > -- > > Author: Ryan > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > > > -- > Mladen Gogala > Oracle DBA > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Mladen Gogala > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Ryan INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).