On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 11:13:31AM +0000, osama zekry wrote: > hi there i am wonder ( think ) that your operating system is support a dbms > ( data base managment system) such as oracle 8i, sql server, informix . > please tell me quikly and how can i install the dbms and how can i connect > to it using visual basic 6
There are several RDBMS products available and supported on FreeBSD: the two most popular are MySQL (http://www.mysql.com/) and PostgreSQL (http://www.postgresql.com/) Unlike the examples you give, you can use both of those packages for free. To install, use the FreeBSD ports system http://www.freebsd.org/ports/, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html or by grabbing pre-compiled packages from one of the ftp sites http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/applications.html You'll probably need to grab the appropriate ODBC drivers from the developer sites (http://www.mysql.com/products/myodbc/, ftp://ftp10.us.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/odbc/versions/full) and install them onto your Windows box in order to interface with VB6, but that's just my educated guess as I don't use any sort of MS machine. Note: you don't want the ODBC stuff from the FreeBSD ports, as that's desidned to run on FreeBSD and what you need has to run on Windows. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
