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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
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Subject: Re: Good Database was: Re: uptime on hub.freebsd.org
To: freebsd@atipa.com (Atipa)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 09:55:48 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: scrappy@hub.org, wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
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Atipa wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> 
> > scrappy@zeus.trends.ca> uname -a
> > FreeBSD zeus.trends.ca 2.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT #0: Wed Jul 17 02:24:10 EDT 1996     scrappy@zeus.trends.ca:/usr/src/sys/compile/zeus  i386
> > scrappy@zeus.trends.ca> uptime
> > 10:01AM  up 279 days, 19:56, 2 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> > 
> > 	No users, as its being used as a PostgreSQL database server for
> > the accounting system on an ISP...
> 
> IS there a decent SQL-based database for FreeBSD? (I do NOT want to hear 
> anyone say mSQL... because it is slow as hell and featureless). 
> 
> We just dropped a bunch of cash on Informix's Online Workgroup Server for
> Sparc becauses I could not find any professional quality database for
> FreeBSD.  What is PostgreSQL? Sounds interesting...

	Take a look at www.infoflex.com.  they have a replacement for
	Informix ESQL/C and Informix-SE.  even though they do not mention
	FreeBSD, it is available for FreeBSD.  they hope to have  an
	html entry for the gallery ready on monday.
jmb

> 
> Speed is definitely a must, along with some nice features, like
> variable-length strings, BLOB support, nice CLI interface, professional
> support, and most importantly reliability. It will be used as a primary
> database for inventory tracking (about 400-2000 parts / day, each
> individually trackable w/ serial number), invoicing, warranty, etc., so it
> MUST work reliably. 
> 
> I would much rather have this system on FreeBSD, not only for the obvious 
> price advantage, but also for ease of administration. I don't want to 
> have to switch gears all the time to find files, don't want to deal w/ 
> NIS, and don't want to support Sun. FreeBSD is MUCH MUCH easier to 
> maintain (thanks to you guys!).
> 
> Any recommendations?
> 
> TIA,
> Kevin
> 
>