Re: oracle on Linux

luciano_mauro_at_my-deja.com wrote:

]I strongly suggest you switch to PostgreSQL. It is a mature sql dbms,
]won 1st place in Linux World (before Oracle) and is not crippled as the
]oracle crippleware. Furthermore, it's for free and comes with full
]source code.

The how-to for it is amazing. The instructions in the INSTALL file are fortunatly easy to follow. The authentication was the only bit I had trouble with; I needed an entry for my localhost as well as an entry for the rest of the network. This hasn't been tested yet.

I also need a way of connecting to the postgreSQL database from Windows boxes running Microsoft XL, Access, and so no. I'm still looking around for that.

The install went very well.
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