Re: Oracle for Linux

meyer_at_muffin.physik.uni-bremen.de (Sebastian Meyer) wrote:

>dcavens_at_schoolnet.carleton.ca (Darrell Cavens) writes:
>>Bill G. McCracken (bgmccracken_at_amoco.com) wrote:
 

 [...]
>>: BTW - I am trying to find a multi-user, SQL based engine for a Linux box.
>>: I'm having little luck so far -- do you know of any? Thanx.
>>have you had a look at miniSQL (ftp://bond.edu.au/minevera). It does not
>>handletrue transactions and such yet, but it does work very well.
 

>...but it is far from being a complete implementation of SQL. I just
>started to work with POSTGRES95. It's beta test versions only, but
>beta-0.03 works quite well on Linux. Check out
> http://s2k-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu:8000/postgres95
 

>Here is an excerpt:
 

>=============
>Where to FTP Postgres95?
 

>Postgres95 is in beta testing right now. The most current version is
>beta0.03. You can ftp Postgres95 anonymously from s2k-ftp.CS.Berkeley.edu as
 

> pub/postgres95/postgres95-beta0.03.tar.gz
 

>It is also available from the following mirror sites:
 

> ftp://zarquon.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/pub/Apps/postgres95 (courtesy of
> Hannes Reinecke hare_at_zarquon.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de)
> ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/dbms/postgres95" (courtesy of Kazuhiro Fujieda
> fujieda_at_jaist.ac.jp)
> ftp://scitsc.wlv.ac.uk/pub/postgres" (courtesy of Mary Garvey
> mg_at_scitsc.wlv.ac.uk)
> ftp://ftp.vnet.net:/pub/postgres95" (courtesy of Ginger Lattav
> lattav_at_vnet.net and Jason Wright jason_at_vnet.net)
> ftp://ftp.ivc.cc.ca.us/pub/Mirrors/Postgres95" (courtesy of Jason
> Rimmer jrimmer_at_ivc.cc.ca.us)
> ftp://luga.or.at/pub/linux/postgres95" (courtesy of Vinzenz Grabner
> zen_at_zen.gklw.co.at)
 

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>sebastian
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sounds worth looking into...thanx for the info. Does postgress support a winsock interface? gotta keep those windoze users happy... Bill G. McCracken
bgmccracken_at_amoco.com
Amoco Oil Company Received on Thu Aug 31 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST