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From: Jeff Eckermann <jeckermann@verio.net>
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Subject: RE: Oracle,
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 16:57:41 -0500 
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The recently-released PostgreSQL version 7.1 (in current ports) is a =
big
advance over previous versions.  And it is as close to SQL standard
compliance as about any other serious RDBMS.  Definitely worth checking =
out.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Roelof Osinga [SMTP:roelof@eboa.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, May 09, 2001 4:36 PM
> To:	JL
> Cc:	cornwall@intelos.net; freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject:	LRe: Oracle,
>=20
> JL wrote:
> >=20
> > If you want a reliable and stable SQL server, MySQL runs without =
linux
> emu
> > and fits that bill. My FreeBSD server is the official MySQL =
development
> > server for FreeBSD (It's nice having MySQL developers who are also
> admins on
> > my production box).
>=20
> Not that this is the right list for this, but.
>=20
> For production usage you cannot compare Oracle with MySQL. There are
> alternatives to Oracle, even free ones like Interbase (or Firebird as
> it's now called but which doesn't install :() and possibly =
PostgreSQL.
>=20
> Those have transaction control (both by way of a versioning engine) =
and
> several more goodies which are needed in a production environment. =
Like
> stored procedures and triggers.
>=20
> They come close to Oracle. Especially Interbase/Firebird due to it
> being plain SQL instead of OO SQL. Yet even they lack several of the
> tuning needed for truly large production systems (terabytes and =
such).
>=20
> MySQL is a very good DBMS for what it does. But it has severe limits.
>=20
> Roelof
>=20
> --=20
> =
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