The "big stuff" is there you just have to know where to look. If you can stand the license costs Borland Interbase www.borland.com/interbase/ or go OpenSource with FireBird [ OS maintained InterBase ] http://firebird.sourceforge.net [ these will handle terabyte single file db's ]
My story on M$ Axxess "grandma told me years ago that if I drop the cookie and break it then she'll throw all the cookies in the trash 'cause they gonna have glass in'm - and she did - and she said never put the brownies in with the sugar cookies 'cause it'll make'm taste like heck - she was wrong - tasted like *&^%" Here's some current thoughts of the day about the M$ ogilopoly............... Can you trust your computer? ----- http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/10/21/1449250.shtml?tid=19 Microsoft forces banks to break the law ---- http://newsvac.newsforge.com/newsvac/02/10/22/1717225.shtml?tid=9 Trey Pattillo [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.wap3.com -97.665333W 27.799121N ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Thoen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MapInfo-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 22 October, 2002 18:32 Subject: Re: MI-L Large Access database build problems > Yes, the facts that PostgreSQL will run under Windows, database > size is limited by disk space only (they say that 60GB databases > exist), table sizes are also unlimited, field sizes limited to > 1GB, it's open source (and freely downloadable) has ODBC support, > etc. makes it look pretty darn attractive. > > Have you been able to connect it to MapInfo yet? > > - Bill Thoen > > Juanse wrote: > > > > I will seriously suggest PostgreSQL/PostGIS for geometric/geographic data!! > > (Opensource). check http://postgis.refractions.net > > > > Juanse > > temuko-Chile > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 3709 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 3711
