Re: Student needs help for his thesis !

In article <x8fi6.3410$pa.39989_at_news.chello.be>, devnix <devnix_NOSPAM_at_mailandnews.com> wrote:
>So I was wondering:
>- do you know such a database, and which is relatively simple to handle?
>I tried to install Oracle but it's pretty hard ! they talk about
>recompiling the kernel
> and such things (?)... without doing that the install freezes on my sparc :(
>Is there a simplier database which runs on solaris & windows?
>(or do you know how to make Oracle work?)

It doesn't require recompiling the kernel on Solaris. It does want you to make entries in /etc/system like so:

• awful oracle stuff -- settings made Feb 14, 2001
• note that comments in /etc/system begin with *
• not # set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295 set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1 set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100 set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=10 set semsys:seminfo_semmns=200 set semsys:seminfo_semmni=100 set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=200 set semsys:seminfo_semopm=100 set semsys:seminfo_semvmx=32767

While Oracle is indeed a bit more complicated then your run-of-the-mill database, expect it to add about 35% to your market value once you graduate.

Alternatively, you could take a look at Postgresql. It's a free database, and a bit more "databasey" than MySQL, having better support for stored procedures and so forth.

			Yours Truly,
			Jeffrey Boulier