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Date:      Tue, 27 Jan 1998 14:19:56 +0000 ()
From:      Gary Roberts <garyr@ajax.wcs.uq.edu.au>
To:        tom@uniserve.com (Tom)
Cc:        pkelly@kuentos.guam.net, skrishna@cisco.com, freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Which SQL Database for Web Applications ?
Message-ID:  <199801271419.OAA15599@ajax.wcs.uq.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980126182925.23083W-100000@shell.uniserve.com> from Tom at "Jan 26, 98 06:32:27 pm"

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Tom writes:

> On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Patrick Kelly wrote:
> 
> > I was using (briefly) postgreSQL, but got frustrated with the limited SQL.
> > Now I'm using Solid (not free).  I've committed to it (ie paid license

How much does it cost?  Can you post ordering details, thanks?

>   Solid is nice.  Of the free databases, PostgreSQL probably has the least
> limited SQL support though.  Both mSQL and MySQL lacked all kinds of
> things that PostgreSQL does.

How quickly are the `free three' developing?  Anyone care to venture
opinions about `ease of learning and use' type issues.  How viable would
any of the above be for setting up a project to manage bookings for special
courses conducted frequently (30+ courses per year, 10 students per course).
Need to manage booking details, information mail-outs, exam results,
invoicing, retrieval of previous results (full student history), etc.

>   I belive that Solid is the only SQL database for FreeBSD that offers
> logging and automatic crash recovery.  Only Solid and PostgreSQL provide
> support for transactions.

Is Solid a native FreeBSD app or does it run under some (linux?) emulation?

Thanks for any replies.

Cheers,
-- 
Gary Roberts  (garyr@wcs.uq.edu.au)



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