I know, I know. Mailed it to feedback 6 months ago or so.

But... Oracle support on Linux was also necessary, so Command
was the right choice. Even better: you can easily replace the mysql
protocol in Command, so...

Nevertheless, their C mysql implementation has room for improvement ;-)
Another thing: The pure REBOL solution by DocKimbel is faster (!)
than the C implementation on the REBOL layer ;-)

They are better than they think at RT!

--Maarten

Petr Krenzelok wrote:

> Maarten Koopmans wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Command (2.0 and up) have built-in Mysql support ;-)
>> I have used it extensively under Linux, but....
>>
>> - strange errors in datatype conversion sometimes happen
>> - it is *slow*
>>
>> OTOH: DocKimbel (Reb/sites/DocKimbel) made a tcp based
>> mysql driver that runs on Core 2.5! It is up to 30 times faster and
>> has *no* problems I know off. You can simple 'do' it to replace the
>> built-in Command implementation, and it has the same way of calling. 
>
>
> I haven't done any testing myself yet, but if it is so, it's pretty 
> ... ehm .... Our company paind 700 USD for /Command, which does not 
> seem to be up-to-date enough to compete with free implementation? I 
> think that once DocKimbel releases his free FastCGI protocol, someone 
> else does ODBC library wrapper and  there is no reason anymore for 
> anyone to buy /Command, as everything else is in View/Pro ... ;-) ... 
> ah .... I forgot there is no Core/Pro, so Unix users would still be 
> required to buy Command, because of that X11 gfx thing ....
>
> -pekr-
>
>>
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Maarten
>>
>> Ammon Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>     I am running Command on Linux & I need to connect to an M$ SQL 
>>> Server.  Has this been done?  can it be done?  I know that it is 
>>> possible to get ODBC for Linux, I was just wondering if it was 
>>> necisary. Thanks!!
>>> Ammon
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>


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