Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 17:56:50 -0400 (EDT) From: "Alex.Boisvert" <boia01@castor.GEL.USherb.CA> To: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com> Cc: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good Database was: Re: uptime on hub.freebsd.org Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970917174436.4804A-100000@castor> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970917082400.4698A-100000@dot.ishiboo.com>
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> IS there a decent SQL-based database for FreeBSD? (I do NOT want to hear > anyone say mSQL... because it is slow as hell and featureless). > > We just dropped a bunch of cash on Informix's Online Workgroup Server for > Sparc becauses I could not find any professional quality database for > FreeBSD. What is PostgreSQL? Sounds interesting... > > Speed is definitely a must, along with some nice features, like > variable-length strings, BLOB support, nice CLI interface, professional > support, and most importantly reliability. It will be used as a primary > database for inventory tracking (about 400-2000 parts / day, each > individually trackable w/ serial number), invoicing, warranty, etc., so it > MUST work reliably. > You can have a look at SOLID Server, which is a commercial SQL engine available on many platforms: Win95/WinNT and some Unix flavors. Linux is among the supported platforms and the product has been reported to work fine on FreeBSD 2.2 and above. It's small, fast and there's even a trial version available on the web. More details? www.solidtech.com Regards, Alex. PS: I'm a satisfied customer on WinNT. I haven't tried it under FreeBSD/Linux.
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