From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 16 00:09:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE06B16A4B3 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:09:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9740E43FCB for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:09:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from grimoire.chen.org.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chen.org.nz (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8G793Uc009054; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 19:09:03 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc@grimoire.chen.org.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by grimoire.chen.org.nz (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8G792M9009053; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 19:09:02 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 19:09:02 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Gerald S Stoller Message-ID: <20030916070902.GA9005@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <20030915.115409.-25629.1.GS_Stoller@juno.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030915.115409.-25629.1.GS_Stoller@juno.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: relational data base X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 07:09:09 -0000 On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 02:17:14PM -0400, Gerald S Stoller wrote: > I have read some stuff stating that there is code to handle a > relational data base in FreeBSD . Where can I find some documentation > for this? What do I call to use this feature and how do I pass it a > (sql) program? How do I receive the results? Maybe there is a package > group (or port group) that i should contact? There are quite a few relational databases available in the ports systems, the most popular being PostgreSQL and MySQL, which you can install. Both come with programming interfaces in several languages: C++, Java, C, etc. Documentation available on their respective web-sites (or via port installations). -- Jonathan Chen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by" - Douglas Adams