RE: "Oracle-like" databases on Linux

2002-03-14 Thread Brenden Walker
True, I should have said Firebird (based on Interbase 6.0). > -Original Message- > From: Fernando Lozano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 8:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: "Oracle-like" databases on Linux > > >

Re: "Oracle-like" databases on Linux

2002-03-13 Thread Thierry ITTY
you can get oracle/linux to download for free. there's some things to read about install (setting language, glibc patch...) postgresql is quite close to oracle (same features i mean) and you could learn a lot with it, even on a small-sized machine, standard rpms exist. it's a very complete produc

Re: "Oracle-like" databases on Linux

2002-03-13 Thread Fernando Lozano
Hi Brenden, > Interbase (aka: Firebird) is open source and free. It has a very small > footprint, easy to administer, fast and has some pretty nice advanced > features (replication, shadowing) > > http://firebird.sourceforge.net/ Well, not exactly. Firebird is a fork on the Interbase code whi

Re: "Oracle-like" databases on Linux

2002-03-13 Thread Fernando Lozano
Hi Paul, > I need to become more familiar with databases for a project at work. The > clients we work with frequently use Oracle or Informix. > > Is there any free versions of databases that are similiar in concept to > the above mentioned Oracle/Informix? Are the open source versions (i.e. > Po

RE: "Oracle-like" databases on Linux

2002-03-13 Thread Brenden Walker
TECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 3:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: "Oracle-like" databases on Linux > > > Informix also has a free Linux port like Oracles. > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mai

RE: "Oracle-like" databases on Linux

2002-03-13 Thread Rev. David P. Giffen
Informix also has a free Linux port like Oracles. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Greene > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 12:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: "Oracle-like" databases on Li

Re: "Oracle-like" databases on Linux

2002-03-13 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Paul Greene wrote: >I need to become more familiar with databases for a project at work. The >clients we work with frequently use Oracle or Informix. > >So, in my spare time (ha ha ha), I would like to play around with creating >s

Re: "Oracle-like" databases on Linux

2002-03-13 Thread Werner Puschitz
Oracle has a license where you can download it and install it for free. Just check the license before you download it. Here is a procedure I wrote for installing Oracle on Red Hat Linux: http://www.puschitz.com/InstallingOracle9i.html Werner On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Paul Greene wrote: > > I n

Re: "Oracle-like" databases on Linux

2002-03-13 Thread Hidong Kim
If you just want to get familiar with Oracle, you can download Oracle for Linux free from the Oracle Web site under a developer's license. You can play around with it, and develop with it. But then if you want to sell software that you developed using Oracle under this free license, you have to

"Oracle-like" databases on Linux

2002-03-13 Thread Paul Greene
I need to become more familiar with databases for a project at work. The clients we work with frequently use Oracle or Informix. So, in my spare time (ha ha ha), I would like to play around with creating simple databases just to get familiar with the concepts and structure. Is there any free ve