From owner-freebsd-database Fri Oct 30 17:06:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA19836 for freebsd-database-outgoing; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 17:06:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pike.cdrom.com (pike.cdrom.com [204.216.28.222]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA19812 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 17:06:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rab@pike.cdrom.com) Received: from pike.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by pike.cdrom.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id BAA10842; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 01:08:23 GMT Message-Id: <199810310108.BAA10842@pike.cdrom.com> To: "Russell L. Carter" cc: berend@pobox.com, database@FreeBSD.ORG, rab@pike.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Database for FreeBSD 2.2.X: DB2 or Interbase possible? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 30 Oct 1998 16:11:45 MST." <199810302311.QAA06776@vip.consys.com> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 17:08:23 -0800 From: "Robert A. Bruce" Sender: owner-freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk "Russell L. Carter" said... >| >|For my first FreeBSD database implementation I want to use either DB2 or >|Interbase, of course the Linux versions as there is no FreeBSD version of a >|commercial database I believe. >| >|Has anyone experience with them? >| >|Or can someone recommend a different solution? >| > >I researched the same question over the summer and settled on >MySQL. It is up and running for the last couple of months >backing a few web sites, though not very heavily loaded, but >has not once hiccuped. (mod_perl->DBI->mysql) > >www.tcx.se We use MySQL for www.cdrom.com and www.freebsdmall.com, and are very happy with it. It is fast and reliable. There are some limitation, such as no rollback/commit, but that isn't a problem for us. It runs a litte better under FreeBSD 3.0 than with 2.2.7 because it can use native threads. -bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-database" in the body of the message