From owner-freebsd-database Mon Apr 17 8:34:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-database@freebsd.org Received: from vnode.vmunix.com (vnode.vmunix.com [209.112.4.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FCD537B8E6 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 08:34:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@vmunix.com) Received: by vnode.vmunix.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F3CD8D; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:34:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:34:28 -0400 From: Mark Mayo To: Chanandler Boing Cc: freebsd-database@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What Port is Best for Converting DB/2 Message-ID: <20000417113428.A43723@vmunix.com> References: <3.0.6.32.20000417102112.008f8e60@futuresoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000417102112.008f8e60@futuresoft.com>; from sysadmin@futuresoft.com on Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 10:21:12AM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 10:21:12AM -0500, Chanandler Boing wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking for recomendations on which database port to use. I'll be > moving a low-use DB/2 database onto our FreeBSD 4.0 machine. Any > suggestions? I'm assuming you're referring to IBM DB/2, in which case I believe the Linux version works under FreeBSD. If you're just looking for an alternative, I would recommend PostgreSQL. /usr/ports/databases/postgresql or http://www.postgresql.org MySQL is another popular alternative, but if you're used to a feature rich RDBMS like DB/2, you'll probably be more comfortable with PostgreSQL than MySQL. They carry different licenses too, which you should read and be aware of. -Mark -- Mark Mayo http://www.vmunix.com/mark "The reason why bad things happen to you is because you're a dumbass!" - Red Foreman, That 70's Show To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-database" in the body of the message