http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/InstallingOnWindows for info..
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of vss Sent: Tuesday, 6 January 2004 9:34 a.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: RE: [DUG] Offtopic - but Traci, is PostGres only a Linux/Unix app? I cant seem to find a Windows version. If there is a Windows version, do you have a URL? Thanks, Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: "Traci Sumpter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 09:03:11 +1300 Subject: RE: [DUG] Offtopic - but > MessageHave a look at PostGres.. A free (Open Souce) but fully > functional > (Referential integrity, triggers, stored procedures(called functions - > not > the same a sql server but once you get the hang of it pretty much just > as > powerful) and Views as well. etc. > > MySQL is a great database if you are not concerned about the above and > wish > to have a fairly reliable and easy back end database. > > Delphi apps using PostGres however will require the ODBC driver unless > you > wish to pay the $149 US for the Delphi DBExpress driver. > > However If in doubt us the Native Paradox Tables (lol). > > $0.02 Less tax, Acc Levies, Auckland Road user tax etc = $0.00 > > ----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Jeremy Coulter > Sent: Tuesday, 6 January 2004 8:22 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [DUG] Offtopic - but > > > Hi all This is offtopic, but not everyone gets offtopic email. > > I am just doing a think about databases at the moment. My app. > currently > uses Access which is fine, but at some stage this year, prob. early if > I > can, I will look at moving it over to a diff. DB....maybe. > At this stage, the leading contender is MSDE, or even SQL Server, but > Prob. MSDE > I am not looking at Interbase, although IB7 looks interesting now > that it > supports temp tables, but the whole client setup thing makes it less > attractive. > > The other DB that comes to mind is MySQL. > Now I dont know much at all about it, I have installed it, but that > was > it. > Is it a viable contender to MSAccess or MSDE? (and you need to > answer > this wiht out an anti M$ hate on too..hehehe) > One of the things that I seem to remember about MySQL when I first > looked > at a few years back, was it did not have Stored Procedures. Has this > changed? > > What would be an advantage to use MySQL over Access or MSDE, apart > form > the fact that its a DB Server and its free etc. > > > Cheers, > > Jeremy Coulter > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > All email scanned with Nortons Antivirus 2003 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
