RE: Oracle vs Mysql

There is a commercial arm of PostgreSQL (or at least a partner) for businesses that require support. Surf on over to:

http://www.pgsql.com

Expect to pay about the same for PostgreSQL support as you would for Oracle.

I don't know of any support for DBI other than the Perl DBI mailing list (which, like this list, is excellent!). Traffic is about the same as ORACLE-L. To subscribe to the list, send a message to: <dbi-users-subscribe_at_perl.org>

Better yet, head to http://www.oreilly.com and find the books, then over to http://www.bookpool.com and order 'em.

HTH! :) Rich

Rich Jesse                           System/Database Administrator
rjesse_at_qtiworld.com                  Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA

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Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 3:20 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

1. DBI is a perl module to handle the communication with various databases.
2. Postgres is free. I believe that you can buy commercial support, but I don't know where. May be Rich can jump in with that.
3. DBI is free and so is perl. I'm cheap & easy, but not free.

On 01/14/2004 02:34:52 PM, Ryan wrote:
> what is DBI?
>
> is postgre free? Is it like linux where you pay for support? I cant find
any
> licensing info on the website. Most shops dont need oracle, sql server,
> sybase, or DB2.
>
> Most applications are small. I was on a project where the government had
an
> Oracle EE license on windows. They didnt even use foreign key constraints.
> Had a whopping 13 tables, 20 MB of data, and 10-15 users. Any free
database
> could have handled that.

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