From owner-freebsd-database Mon Jan 26 20:18:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA28596 for database-outgoing; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 20:18:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ajax.wcs.uq.edu.au (ajax.wcs.uq.edu.au [130.102.222.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA28590 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 20:18:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from garyr@ajax.wcs.uq.edu.au) Received: (from garyr@localhost) by ajax.wcs.uq.edu.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA15599; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 14:19:56 GMT From: Gary Roberts Message-Id: <199801271419.OAA15599@ajax.wcs.uq.edu.au> Subject: Re: Which SQL Database for Web Applications ? In-Reply-To: from Tom at "Jan 26, 98 06:32:27 pm" To: tom@uniserve.com (Tom) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 14:19:56 +0000 () Cc: pkelly@kuentos.guam.net, skrishna@cisco.com, freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG Organisation: Well Control Australia Phone: +617 3844 0400 Fax: +617 3844 0444 Reply-To: garyr@wcs.uq.edu.au X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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)