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Hi,
I've been hearing some good things about FrontBase: http://www.frontbase.com
However, I haven't had time to experiment with it myself.
It is runs on Windoze, *nix and Mac OS X.
-- Alan Davey adavey_at_competitrack.com 212-604-0200 x106 On 8/2/2002 8:58 AM, Daniel Wisser <daniel.wisser_at_isis-papyrus.com> wrote:Received on Fri Aug 02 2002 - 08:38:18 CDT
>hi!
>
>i can strongly recommend PostgreSQL. i have worked with it modelling
>data for a java application and perl cgis using it.
>
>it supports transactions, functions in pure sql, a procedural
>language similar to PL/SQL etc. etc. and is very robust.
>
>the only thing i miss is handling tablespaces as on oracle.
>
>i have sofar only used it on debian, but it should also be fine
>on other linuxes and some elitist bigots work with it on sun.
>
>there is also good literature and a very good o'reilly book on
>it. on the web htpp://www.postgresql.org
>
>regards
>
>
>Mark Teehan wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> we are investigating some freeware databases for deployment on
>systems that
>> dont justify the cost of an oracle license, on linux. What databases
>out
>> these can cope with a OLTP load, all transaction based, with some
>> reporting? Uncomplicated databases, with mid size volumes of transactions
>> (say low millions) and some reporting queries? I guess reliability
>is the
>> primary concern, if something can be built as solidly as an oracle
>> instance, with whatever OS protection this would need, then its
>a starting
>> point for making a non oracle freeware enterprise database.
>> Anyone have any suggestions on what I should download first?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Mark Teehan
>> Singapore
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