Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 11:50:11 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: stephane@e2c.com (Stephane Legrand) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Database server on FreeBSD Message-ID: <199705211750.LAA04429@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <v01510107afa8d04a1c51@[195.25.51.10]> from "Stephane Legrand" at May 21, 97 06:22:07 pm
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> I have to do a proposal for a database project. Of course, i would want to
> make this with FreeBSD (eventually Linux).
> The aim of this project is to connect (may be via Internet) 40 distant
> sites to a central database server. All clients posts are PC with Windows.
> My questions are :
>
> - Which database server would you recommend ? I think about
> Postgres but may be there are others.
Postgres would certainly work. I've heard good things about msql, but
haven't had an opportunity to try it yet.
> - With this server, which type of clients would you recommend (www
> browser, ODBC client developped with Delphi or Visual Basic...) ?
A web browser would make your UI able to run on *any* system. If you
need help with an http server that can query a database, email me
directly. I do this for a living ;^) and can probably slide you some
code that will help greatly.
> I think the major problem is to find a good server which can be used via
> Windows clients.
I keep hoping somebody will develop a JDBC layer for Postgres on FreeBSD.
> The price is important because it's for an association which is involved in
> helping homeless. This is why i would want to use FreeBSD (among many other
> reasons). And it would be well if at least the server was free.
And perhaps the clients as well -- you could just modify the rc.local to
start X and netscape, and point the netscape "home" at your server, making
the client machine a dedicated application.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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