RE: [Plug] Re: SQL Databases

[Andrew White <andrew@white.com>]

It should also be noted that neither MySQL nor mSQL are free for
commercial use.  In the past year, I've become a big fan of the
PostgreSQL database.

PostgreSQL is a completely free and open-source under a BSD-style
copyright. PostgreSQL has ODBC support:

  http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq-english.html#2.1

PostgreSQL also a a Linux-specific FAQ:

  http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-linux.html

-Andrew



On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Charles Stack wrote:

> mySQL is great if you don't transactional support.  It is optimized for
> queries.
> 
> You could also try Interbase 4 for Linux (free download) from
> www.interbase.com.
> 
> cjs
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net]On Behalf Of Kyle Burton
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 10:09 AM
> To: PLUG - Philadelphia Area Linux Users Group
> Subject: [Plug] Re: SQL Databases
> 
> 
> oh, and mysql is what slashdot uses...
> 
> 
> k
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