From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 22 19:03:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA15298 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 22 Aug 1997 19:03:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantis.nconnect.net (root@atlantis.nconnect.net [207.227.50.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA15287 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 1997 19:03:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from arabian (dial211.nconnect.net [207.227.50.211]) by atlantis.nconnect.net (8.8.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA13893; Fri, 22 Aug 1997 21:08:05 -0500 (CDT) Received: by localhost with Microsoft MAPI; Fri, 22 Aug 1997 21:01:47 -0500 Message-ID: <01BCAF3E.9AA77470.randyd@nconnect.net> From: Randall D DuCharme Reply-To: "randyd@nconnect.net" To: "'michael dorin'" , "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: RE: postgresql or other database Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 21:01:39 -0500 Organization: Astrolab Development X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Friday, August 22, 1997 11:10 AM, michael dorin [SMTP:mike@chaski.com] wrote: > > Anybody have postgresql going? How about another database? > > Is it stable? > > What is the best Free database engine out there right now? > > -Mike Mike, I've had fantastic results with mySQL. Personally, I like the C API a little better than that of PostgreSQL. For me, and for what I do with the database I find it less cumbersome. I've also used mSQL and PostgreSQL. Depending on your needs, all of them are great. --- Randall D DuCharme Systems Engineer Novell, Microsoft, and UNIX Networking Support Computer Specialists BSDI Internet Success Partners 414-253-9998 414-253-9919 (fax) BSD/OS Authorized Resellers