From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Apr 24 20:57:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA10392 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 24 Apr 1996 20:57:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from schizo.cdsnet.net (schizo.cdsnet.net [204.118.244.32]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA10379 for ; Wed, 24 Apr 1996 20:57:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (mrcpu@localhost) by schizo.cdsnet.net (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA19899; Wed, 24 Apr 1996 20:57:28 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: schizo.cdsnet.net: mrcpu owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 20:57:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Jaye Mathisen To: Alan Batie cc: Mike Eggleston , rdrake@tchnet.tchnet.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Databases In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Well, msql is OK, but it's pretty darn limited. I find it much more stable and robust if I get rid of MMAP, the FreeBSD VM system seems to do a better job. If you have trivial db work, it's fine. If you want a serious database, then it may not be so hot for you. On Wed, 24 Apr 1996, Alan Batie wrote: > > > Does anyone know of any free or inexpensive databases ported > > > to FreeBSD ? The simpler the better. > > > > msql from ftp://bond.edu.au/pub/Minerva/msql > > I second this one; aside from it being the only one I know of, it's quite > simple and easy to use, especially after having the misfortune of using > some of the commercial bloated monsters. > > -- > Alan Batie ______ We're Starfleet officers: > batie@agora.rdrop.com \ / Weird is part of the job. > +1 503 452-0960 \ / --Captain Janeway > DE 3C 29 17 C0 49 7A 27 \/ 40 A5 3C 37 4A DA 52 B9 > > It is my policy to avoid purchase of any products from companies which > use unrequested email advertisements or telephone solicitation. >