Re: What is a relational database?

In article <341dac40.1229896_at_news.idt.net>, nospam-mvcs_at_idt.net (MVCS) writes:

> "Chinna" <jchinna_at_enron.com> wrote:
 

> >A relational database comprises of tables, some of which are
> >related by common columns. ....
 

> I see. I've heard that MS Access is OK, but Oracle is much better. For
> PC apps (VB on Win95/NT) do you have a preference? Are there any
> relational database programs which port from PC to unix? My program
> apps (neual nets) access legacy databases on PC and unix. I have a
> crude ascii version of the program that accesses flat files on PC and
> unix. These are very portable but large and slow to work with. I need
> to upgrade. My app is made to plug into a database. Is there one you
> know about which crosses PC-Win, NT, RISC, SiliGraph, Apollo, Sun, HP,
> VAX, and mainframe OS systems?

Avoid Oracle if you can, since it's a real pain to set up and maintain. On one project, some of their own consultants failed after two weeks of trying to get their database server up and running on customer hardware, but we had SQL Server, originally based on Sybase code, up and running in half an hour. Sybase's product line supports a variety of server platforms, including Unix, NetWare, Windows NT, Windows 95, and even OS/2. See if they can meet your needs.

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