[plug] Database on Linux

[Garry Moir]

Peter Robinson wrote:
>You forgot Sybase ASE -> its totally free under Linux, not sure of the
>details. With Oracle its free to developers but if you want to use it
>commericially you have to pay, Sybase you can use it commercially for free
>as well. That is why distributed.net is going to use it for there new
>Stats server along with Linux unlike the NT + MSSQL they currently use.

I believe that MS SQLServer grew out of Sybase SQL Server.
Given that one of the gotcha's with the MS version is that the search order 
and the character set are established at the system level, meaning that all 
databases running on that server need to use the same settings for these. 
If they need something different, then another SQL licence is needed to run 
it on another server ("GOTCHA", cries Bill).
Is that the same with Sybase ASE?

Garry Moir
Systems Administrator