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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