I'd have to guess your best bet would be mySQL due to the myODBC driver, I
don't know of a similar odbc driver for postgress, any linux distribution
should suit the use just nicely provided it has the features you find best
in a distribution (just personal taste).
> Hi all,
>
> I have finally convinced "the powers that be" that we should move to
> a
> SQL backend.
>
> We are running a Novel network (4.11) with Win9x clients.
>
> Most of the solutions they are being proposed involve some other
> _proprietary_ database (eg : Oracle) on a Novell box, or M$SQL on NT.
>
> I want to propose the "other" alternative (Linux and either MySQL
> or
> ProgreSQL or ????).
>
> I'm after advice.
> What distribution would fit best in the above network ? (please,
> NO
> "My distribution is better than yours because.." flame wars). I'm most
> familiar with RH and Mandrake7.2.
>
> Which Linux SQL is better suited to this type of setup ?. The
> 'clients' (the Win9x machines) are running M$Access as their front end.
> For this proposal to even get to first base I need to be able to
> connect these applications to the back end.
>
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