From: Sergio A. Kessler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sat 7/30/2005 9:05 PM
To: Denis Lussier
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: MySQL to PostgreSQL for SugarCRM
dennis, look at vtiger crm (http://www.vtiger.com)
vtiger is a fork of sugarcrm and are 100% commited to open
source.
(unlike sugar, who offer the full version only
for purchase)
and they actively want to support more databases.
regards,
/sak
Denis Lussier wrote:
> At
EnterpriseDB we're doing a little project along these lines. In our
> lab, and soon for our company, we are running
SugarCRM on
> EDB-Postgres. Alas you say,
but SugarCRM only supports MySQL:
>
> EDB ships a nifty java based ETL tool with our
product that is 99.5%
> based on the Enhydra Octopus
LGPL project. This allows for easily
>
converting schema and data from a populated MySQL SugarCRM database into
> Postgres. Then we hacked the PHP code
of SugarCRM for a couple days
> and it is now working
just fine on EDB-Postgres.
>
> I think that whenever we come across an Open Source (or even a
> commercial\proprietary product) out there that
supports MySQL, but not
> PostgreSQL... We need
to work collectively as a group to make it
>
shamefully simple for the project to work with PostgreSQL also.
> SugarCRM has 250,000 downloads and every single one
of those customers
> is guaranteed to be introduced
to MySQL and only MySQL.
>
> --Luss
>
> PS1 Yes, we are going to try and work with the SugarCRM folks
and get
> Postgres supported natively without
customers having to hack the way we
> did to get it
working.
>
>
PS2 I've hired many interns for summer and/or co-op jobs over the
> years. The trick is to give them something
interesting to do AND pay
> them a little more than
they can make flipping burgers.
>