Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 19:56:31 -0400 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com>, Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good Database was: Re: uptime on hub.freebsd.org Message-ID: <5882.874540591@orion.webspan.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 17 Sep 1997 10:37:37 EDT." <Pine.NEB.3.95.970917103511.4582E-100000@hub.org>
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The Hermit Hacker wrote in message ID <Pine.NEB.3.95.970917103511.4582E-100000@hub.org>: > > 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. > > We are just about to release 6.2, which has had *alot* of work put > into it to improve speed issues, with alot of stuff planned for v6.3 to > improve that further. Hows the ODBC support? The last time I checked the freeware odbc `veneers' for PostgreSQL, they were sadly lacking, which stopped me deploying it :( Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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