Gustav Brock
gustav at cactus.dk
Wed Jan 29 06:06:00 CST 2003
Hi Marty 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).