[plug] DB Question

[Dave T Burbidge]

Leon Brooks wrote:
> 
> Dave T Burbidge wrote:
> > Has anybody set-up data replication from an NT box with SQL Server 6.5,
> > to a LINUX box running Postgresql?
> 
> If so, what were they smoking? AFAIK, each replication method uses its own
> unique (and no doubt proprietary, especially in the case of an MS product)
> technique.

... and that's the problem I have ... in fact, I can't get the sucker to
replicate to another 6.5 thing properly (but that's not a prob' for
here) ... just that as I'm about to replace the server, I thought I
might put a proper NOS on it ... :)
... and tests on an old 486 suggest Postgresql will work with our
front-end (but I only used a subset of the DB, using MSAccess to copy
test data across (and yes, it was a slow process :(

Dave