Mixing Linux and Windows and paying for it
Hi, I have a grand total of two very important but possibly humiliatingly daft questions, that I hope some kind soul will patiently solve: 1. Can I run a mySQL server on a Linux computer, and query it through myODBC running on a Windows computer? 2. The licensing info seems only relevant to people who develop applications. I just want to use it as a repository for data, and then query it myself through such decidedly closed-source bastards as Excel and Access, but I'm doing this for profit. If I use mySQL for such a purpose, and not as a part of an application, do I then need to sell my boss a license? The morally correct answer is obvious to me, but I'd like to know what the demands of the mySQL company are: do I have more than one morally correct option? Thanks in advance Ps. Does the list software have an issue with Lotus Notes? --- Halldór Bjarki Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
Re: Mixing Linux and Windows and paying for it
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Drulli B wrote: Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 18:13:51 - From: Drulli B [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mixing Linux and Windows and paying for it Hi, I have a grand total of two very important but possibly humiliatingly daft questions, that I hope some kind soul will patiently solve: 1. Can I run a mySQL server on a Linux computer, and query it through myODBC running on a Windows computer? Why not query it directly on its std port? What language are you using? Perl (including ISAPI version .plx) can use DBI and connect directly. 2. The licensing info seems only relevant to people who develop applications. I just want to use it as a repository for data, and then query it myself through such decidedly closed-source bastards as Excel and Access, but I'm doing this for profit. If I use mySQL for such a purpose, and not as a part of an application, do I then need to sell my boss a license? The morally correct answer is obvious to me, but I'd like to know what the demands of the mySQL company are: do I have more than one morally correct option? Thanks in advance Ps. Does the list software have an issue with Lotus Notes? --- Halldór Bjarki Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php Sincerely, William Mussatto, Senior Systems Engineer CyberStrategies, Inc ph. 909-920-9154 ext. 27 - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
Re: Mixing Linux and Windows and paying for it
JMichael William R. Mussatto [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/30/2002 02:23 PM To: Drulli B [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Mixing Linux and Windows and paying for it On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Drulli B wrote: Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 18:13:51 - From: Drulli B [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mixing Linux and Windows and paying for it Hi, I have a grand total of two very important but possibly humiliatingly daft questions, that I hope some kind soul will patiently solve: 1. Can I run a mySQL server on a Linux computer, and query it through myODBC running on a Windows computer? Why not query it directly on its std port? What language are you using? Perl (including ISAPI version .plx) can use DBI and connect directly. 2. The licensing info seems only relevant to people who develop applications. I just want to use it as a repository for data, and then query it myself through such decidedly closed-source bastards as Excel and Access, but I'm doing this for profit. If I use mySQL for such a purpose, and not as a part of an application, do I then need to sell my boss a license? The morally correct answer is obvious to me, but I'd like to know what the demands of the mySQL company are: do I have more than one morally correct option? Thanks in advance Ps. Does the list software have an issue with Lotus Notes? Only if you try and send HTML then it will send an attachment. This is sent using Lotus Notes and Plain Text only. --- Halldór Bjarki Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php Sincerely, William Mussatto, Senior Systems Engineer CyberStrategies, Inc ph. 909-920-9154 ext. 27 - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
Re: Mixing Linux and Windows and paying for it
William R. Mussatto [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Drulli B wrote: 1. Can I run a mySQL server on a Linux computer, and query it through myODBC running on a Windows computer? Why not query it directly on its std port? What language are you using? Perl (including ISAPI version .plx) can use DBI and connect directly. Fact is that I'm not using any particular language, but rather Other People's programs - statistical and data mining software that only supports ODBC. So what I'm wondering is: if I get the (not at all knowledgeable about mysql or any other database) computer department to install linux on a computer and install mysql on that computer, can I just enter its ip address in the myodbc dialog, and be amazed at how well it works? Bjarki - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
Re: Mixing Linux and Windows and paying for it
On Monday 30 September 2002 10:13, Drulli B wrote: Hi, I have a grand total of two very important but possibly humiliatingly daft questions, that I hope some kind soul will patiently solve: 1. Can I run a mySQL server on a Linux computer, and query it through myODBC running on a Windows computer? Yes. But, as another poster pointed out, there are native ways of querying MySQL as well. I believe every major programming language has (at least) one MySQL library. 2. The licensing info seems only relevant to people who develop applications. I just want to use it as a repository for data, and then query it myself through such decidedly closed-source bastards as Excel and Access, but I'm doing this for profit. If I use mySQL for such a purpose, and not as a part of an application, do I then need to sell my boss a license? The morally correct answer is obvious to me, but I'd like to know what the demands of the mySQL company are: do I have more than one morally correct option? MySQL is GPL now. Buying a license would be nice to help support MySQL, but IIRC, you don't HAVE to buy a license. j- k- -- Joshua Kugler, Information Services Director Associated Students of the University of Alaska Fairbanks [EMAIL PROTECTED], 907-474-7601 - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
Re: Mixing Linux and Windows and paying for it
the answer to your question is yes. however, what you're considering is a complex technical exercise while it's being set up. after you get it going, it'll work like a charm, but your technical people will need to know what they are doing. corereader is a ms. windows app and one of its purposes is to reduce some of the pain involved in experimenting with data connections and queries. it will query any data source on any platform with simple point and click queries, but making the connection is difficult. if you want it, it's free from its own site, http://www.CoreReader.com/ the documentation on the site will give you some idea of a few of the problems involved. it's easy to operate, but the concepts involved are complex, so please read the documentation. William R. Mussatto [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Drulli B wrote: 1. Can I run a mySQL server on a Linux computer, and query it through myODBC running on a Windows computer? Why not query it directly on its std port? What language are you using? Perl (including ISAPI version .plx) can use DBI and connect directly. Fact is that I'm not using any particular language, but rather Other People's programs - statistical and data mining software that only supports ODBC. So what I'm wondering is: if I get the (not at all knowledgeable about mysql or any other database) computer department to install linux on a computer and install mysql on that computer, can I just enter its ip address in the myodbc dialog, and be amazed at how well it works? Bjarki -- John Ragan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 501-228-0317 http://www.CoreReader.com/ - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
