Re: VB and MySQL

Post #137,725 by deSitter 1/25/04 9:01:52 PM Reply	Re: VB and MySQL Anyone here who knows (not me) will tell you that postgres is superior to MySQL. There's your alternative. -drl
Post #137,726 by orion 1/25/04 9:15:06 PM Reply	Postgres Great but I cannot find a Win32 Native port of Postgres that does not require Cygwin or something to run it in. I suppose I could install Cygwin, but it would require anyone running the VB program to install it to get the VB program to work. Also if I used MySQL they would have to download and install MySQL as I cannot redistribute that either. I think I have to buy a MySQL license to make closed apps that access it, as VB apps cannot be open sourced according to MS's EULA. *"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"*
Post #137,727 by deSitter 1/25/04 9:21:11 PM Reply	Re: Postgres You've got 891 legacy machines, set up a Linux database server. I guarantee you Win32 databases are as good as dead. -drl
Post #137,745 by orion 1/25/04 11:20:14 PM Reply	Depends on who the target of the program is if it is a single user, with one machine. It cannot be a Linux server too. If it is a small business, a Linux server can be set up for them. *"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"*
Post #137,746 by deSitter 1/25/04 11:24:30 PM Reply	Re: Depends on who the target of the program is In any real world scenario, even for a small business, if a real database is needed it will live on its own machine. -drl
Post #137,785 by mmoffitt 1/26/04 9:57:28 AM Reply	? Um, don't think so. deSitter pontificates: I guarantee you Win32 databases are as good as dead. MS Sql Server is hardly "as good as dead". bcnu, Mikem I don't do third world languages. So no, I don't do Java.
Post #137,728 by ChrisR 1/25/04 9:33:37 PM Reply	The superiority is a function of what you're trying to do MySQL is fast, very fast. MySQL is easy, very easy to set up. However, the last I checked, it didn't have stored procedures, referential integrity, transaction processing, etc.... Though MySQL has stated that they are leaning in that direction. I more valid comparison would be that MySQL is to PostgreSQL, as MSAccess is to SQLServer. In the MS world, there are times to use Access and times to use SQLServer.

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