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Date:      Mon, 29 Sep 1997 16:11:57 -0500
From:      Randy DuCharme <randyd@nconnect.net>
To:        Brian Litzinger <brian@worldcontrol.com>
Cc:        Randy Katz <randyk@ccsales.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Oracle, Sybase, and some .dbf databses like foxpro?
Message-ID:  <3430199C.6BBF08AA@nconnect.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970929125038.8089B-100000@ccsales.ccsales.com>

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On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Brian Litzinger wrote:
> 
> > Does FreeBSD natively or through any of its emulations support
> > Oracle, Sybase, or foxpro?
> >
> > --
> > brian

I tried to get the SCO UnixWare and SCO Openserver versions of Oracle7
to run on -current.  I was rather unsuccessful and after a few hours of
pounding I gave up. I've heard that it's possible and that some people
have gotten it running but you couldn't tell it by me.  Have you looked
at PostgreSQL or mySQL.  I use both of those quite successfully!  If you
need a commercial solution, Raima (http://www.raima.com) ports their
Velocis database to virtually every platform imaginable.  It's a very
full featured product that's also very fast and scalable.  Solid
(http://www.solidtech.com) also has a beta version of an SQL database
server that has an ODBC SQL C API. ( as does Velocis) I've been playing
with that lately and it also seems very stable and fast.  

IMHO with these options, I personally see no need to horse around with
the SCO emulation :-).

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Randall D DuCharme       
Systems Engineer         Novell, Microsoft, and UNIX Networking Support
Computer Specialists                  BSDI Internet Success Partners
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