MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Wed Feb 5 14:08:01 CST 2003
Well SAP DB is an offshoot of ADABAS db code platform as of 1998 Sort of like FireBird and Borland Interbase. See SAP history , this page used to be at (now removed) http://www.sapdb.org/history.htm So using computer archeology and the "Wayback Machine" http://web.archive.org/web/20011130142504/http://w ww.sapdb.org/history.htm [archive.org] So maybe that can give you some old reviews prior to 1998 searching on ADABAS or ADABAS-D "SAP licensed Adabas D from Software AG some time ago 1997 with some powerful rights to the source - making a code fork. Both companies then developed the database further with different directions. Once SAP decided to open source the renamed SAP DB (still based on the same Adabas core). I imagine Software AG was a little pissed off and doesn't want the info to flow around too much... there still trying to sell Adabas D for a whole lot of money while the SAP DB is GPLd. " For opinions between Postgres MySQL and SAPDB see: http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/02/07/16/1820219.shtml?tid=99 Installing SAP DB on Linux comparision with PostgresSql http://www.robelle.com/tips/sapdb.html Gustav Brock wrote: >Hi Marty > > > >>I have come across references to it's use in German government in a >>production environment at the (Bundeskartellamt) (Federal Cartel Office). >> >> > >Any specs or statistics? It sure isn't a toy engine but I have yet to >locate a review or something similar. > >Although it is completely free to use (actually more free than MySQL >because you may include it - in nearly any way you like - in a >commercial product for free, where you need to obtain a commercial >license for MySQL). However, official 24x365 support from SAP costs >big money: USD 60.000 per year (yes 60 kUSD). > >/gustav > > > > >>>So you have this animal running? >>>What are your comments? >>> >>>I have tried to locate some benchmarks or reviews but have failed. >>> >>>/gustav >>> >>> > > > >>>>Subscribe to the sapdb-general mailing list and you get to talk to the >>>>actual people at SAP Labs >>>>http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general >>>> >>>> > > > >>>>The install isn't perfect for Windows. I tried to create a new database >>>> >>>> >>>>from within DB Manager, and kept getting the error with "util_execute >>> >>> >>>>init config" - I believe it was because I was trying to create too small >>>>a datafile and logfile (1mb default each) - upon reading some posts from >>>>the sapdb-general mailing list, it appears that it needs a "reserved" >>>>space of about 4 to 20mb for the >>>>system tables log files etc >>>>The DB manager is written in VB and source code is included for hints >>>>The SQL dialect is perhaps closest to Oracle >>>> >>>> > > > >>>>>Did you know that the SAP DB enterprise database engine is open >>>>>source? And free to use for anything else than a SAP solution: >>>>> >>>>>SAP DB can be used free of charge in non-SAP environments. There are >>>>>various Support Models offered for SAP DB. If you use SAP DB as a >>>>>database system for SAP solutions, a maintenance contract is required. >>>>> >>>>>Thus, if are looking for a heavy duty ERP engine but don't have the >>>>>budget for Oracle/MSSQL/DB2 pay this very neat site (including full >>>>>on-line documentation) a visit: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.sapdb.org/ >>>>> >>>>>You can even order a cd-rom with the complete site and all downloads >>>>>free of charge (pick the link CD-ROM). >>>>> >>>>> > >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > >