Francisco Tapia
fhtapia at gmail.com
Tue Apr 5 12:45:27 CDT 2005
According to Arthur's new book, MySQL 4 would suit you just fine (production) but version 5 does support stored procedures and from skimming over that chapter it looks fairly easy to manage that path. On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 11:56:07 -0500, Arthur Fuller <artful at rogers.com> wrote: > Our MySQL book is now up as a web site. (Our = Peter Brawley and Arthur > Fuller). Visit http://www.artfulsoftware.com/ for a free download of > sample chapters and a paid download of the remainder. I hope you enjoy > what you read for free. > > Arthur my 2 cents. On Apr 5, 2005 9:47 AM, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: > > Hi Joe > > Three option pops forward: > > SAP DB (totally free) or the newer MaxDB (from MySQL). > Enterprise level (certified for SAP R/3) and complexity. > > Firebird. Very small install package, very easy to maintain. > Originates from InterBase. > > PostgreSQL. Widely used "Oracle Light" DBMS. > Large user base. > > It all depends on your requirements. > > /gustav > > >>> JRojas at tnco-inc.com 04/05 6:03 pm >>> > Hi All, > > I was considering purchasing MS SQL Server 2000 for our company. > We have several intranet web based applications, which currently use MS > SQL > Server 7 as the backend. > > The reason that I am considering the upgrade is that we are reaching > our CAL > limit. I know that I could increase the number of CALs, but I actually > got > SQL 2000 approved in this year's budget! > The problem is that I have the feeling that the price for SQL Server > may not > be justifiable, in my mind, for what we are using it for. > > With that said, does anyone know of an Open Source DBMS that has the > functionality of SQL Server? > I know of MySQL, but when I last checked, it did not have stored > procedures > and triggers. > > Thanks! > JR > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- -Francisco http://pcthis.blogspot.com |PC news with out the jargon! http://sqlthis.blogspot.com | Tsql and More...