From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 30 17:07:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA08023 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 17:07:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.cdsnet.net (mail.cdsnet.net [204.118.244.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA08015 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 17:07:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mrcpu@cdsnet.net) Received: from mail.cdsnet.net (mail.cdsnet.net [204.118.244.5]) by mail.cdsnet.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id RAA02842; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 17:07:14 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 17:07:13 -0800 (PST) From: Jaye Mathisen To: Karl Pielorz cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ODBC / SQL & Windows NT In-Reply-To: <34D0A228.7CBFD748@tdx.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" MySQL kicks butt under FreeBSD. There were a few issues with some version having some compilation difficulties, but the current versions haul. On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Karl Pielorz wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to be able to use my FreeBSD box as an SQL server, access the SQL > database from shell / perl / C++ etc. on the FreeBSD box itself, and be able > to access the SQL server via a remote Windows NT box (i.e. running ODBC > drviers). > > I've looked at Postgress & mySQL - is what I'm trying to do possible at the > moment with either of these packages, or how close can you get to this > 'ideal'? - Does anyone run anything similar? > > I've also heard rumours that mySQL doesn't perform too well under FreeBSD? Can > anyone comment on this (or the performance of Postgress?) > > Thanks in Advance, > > Kp >