Steve LaBadie wrote: >Hey Jordan, > >I can download PostgreSQL, but I have never heard or used the product before. >My new web server is not up yet, so I am doing everything locally right now. > >Steve > >
Hi Steve, PostgreSQL is the best kept secret in the database world IMHO. =) It's awesome because it has just about every bell and whistle that "commercial" databases have (Read: MS SQL Server), but it completely open-source and released under the BSD license. For a much better description of why PostgreSQL is so bloomin' cool, check out the PostgreSQL "About" page here: http://www.postgresql.org/about/ It can't really be said any better then that. I'd encourage anyone who is about to spent thousands of dollars on a "commercial" DBMS to take a serious look at PostgreSQL, but even so, I do realize that this is getting a little off-topic here... With regards to the Vivio Calendar, we realize that not everyone's familiar with PostgreSQL, and we don't want that to be a hindrance to someone out there benefiting from the open code available in the Calendar. As such, we will be supporting MySQL, and MS SQL Server in addition to PostgreSQL when we release version 1,0 of the Vivio Calendar. It has been suggested that we also support Access, but the last time we tested it, Access was painfully slow. We assumed that this was because Access handles threading differently then most high-end database systems. So that, in addition to the many other negatives surrounding Access, we decided not to bother with it. Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:246387 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
