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Re: open source PostgreSQL not supportable? (Was: Challenging SQL Query Problem. Can you solve it?)

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 10:13:48 -0800
Message-ID: <1136571225.626256_at_jetspin.drizzle.com> 






Bruce Lewis wrote:


> DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org> writes:


> 

> 

>>I am a firm believer in open-source software. But open-source, by
>>itself, is not sufficient to make something good. Put together whatever
>>you wish with any of the open-source RDBMS products on the market and
>>I will bet you a tidy reward that given one day and a half-dozen of my
>>students ... you will have reports with creative numbers and not a clue
>>as to their source.




> 

> 

> Please describe what access to the database your students will need.


> Let's say it's PostgreSQL.




The laws are intended to make sure that the audit trail prevents system
administrators and DBAs from making unaudited changes. So root and all
system/DBA passwords plus physical access to the server.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)


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