-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Paul Greene wrote: >I need to become more familiar with databases for a project at work. The >clients we work with frequently use Oracle or Informix. > >So, in my spare time (ha ha ha), I would like to play around with creating >simple databases just to get familiar with the concepts and structure. > >Is there any free versions of databases that are similiar in concept to >the above mentioned Oracle/Informix? Are the open source versions (i.e. >Postgres or MySQL) similiar conceptually? (Exact keystroke and syntax >doesn't matter; I'm trying to get a more high level view of databases in >general, not become an actual DBA or something). > >Suggestions/Recommendations?
If you have a Red Hat box, you probably already have PostgreSQL installed. I would recommend it over MySQL for your purpose because it is closer to the SQL standard. You could install Oracle on Linux, but it may not be worth the effort for your purposes. Tony - -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux: the choice of a GNU Generation. <http://www.linux.org/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Anthony E. Greene 0x6C94239D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> iD8DBQE8j6XjpCpg3WyUI50RArbGAJ9PgA3eJsGGw8CXO4S77dPCBseWKACfTgN+ 19+jGzj0bYZIdD4oMHhtNx8= =kgnW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
