Fw: [plug] Databases

[Shane Spina]

Has anyone had any luck with the Postgres ODBC drivers?  I had a copy of the
source.. compiled it on a V C++ system but couldn't connect to the
database... i am not sure whether it was a problem with the driver or my
postgres setup...

TIA

Shane

----- Original Message -----
From: Leon Brooks <leon at brooks.smileys.net>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] Databases


> jeffw at mbox.com.au wrote:
> > At my work we have the customer database on Access which makes it
> > entirely horrible to access from our linux server.
>
> Agree. And sometimes even from a Windows server. (-:
>
> > We are looking at
> > porting it across to a linux based database. I was wanting to know
> > whether anyone had experience in this and has tips for making it least
> > painful. Also, what database would be best to use? mysql, postgresql or
> > something else?
>
> If going for MySQL, think about using it as MaxSQL (see
http://www.maxsql.com/
> for details). Consider Interbase as well. My money's on PostgreSQL, but to
each
> their own, variety is the spice of life (-:
>
> These all have ODBC drivers, making it feasible to migrate by degrees,
that is,
> to continue using Access but push stuff across to proper SQL a bit at a
time,
> webify it or whatever and eventually Access can be left to atrophy.
>
> --
> "If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything."
> -- Abraham Lincoln
>
>