[lug] Databases

[metcalf at attglobal.net]

Thanks for the description.  This seems to be an excellent contender.
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Sexton" <gsexton at mhsoftware.com>
To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 3:08 PM
Subject: RE: [lug] Databases


> We have used Sybase SQL Anywhere on Linux. It's less expensive than
Oracle,
> but has the features that I think make up an industrial strength DB:
>
> Declarative Referential Integrity
> True Transaction Log
> Stored Procedure Language
> Outer Joins
> JDBC Support
>
> In addition to these features, perhaps the killer feature of SQLA is the
> replication. We have a system set up to replicate sets of data to a data
> logger machine, and then the data from the logger gets replicated up to
the
> server. This is a pretty trivial use of the feature, but it is nice. For
> anyone looking for a full featured, but light-weight database SQLA is hard
> to beat.
>
> George Sexton
> MH Software, Inc.
> Voice: 303 438 9585
> http://www.mhsoftware.com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
> > Behalf Of metcalf at attglobal.net
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 2:43 PM
> > To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> > Subject: [lug] Databases
> >
> >
> > I'm wondering if anyone would care to give a talk on database(s).
> >  We had an
> > excellent session on mySQL a while back.  Sean has indicated some
> > familiarity with postgres, Archer Sully has mentioned Oracle.  Is there
> > anyone who feels qualified to talk on any of these, or any other
> > databases?
> >     Wayde says that he needs meeting topics for later this year.  Here's
> > someone's chance to enlighten us.
> >
> >
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