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From: cshortreed@valnet.com (Craig A. Shortreed)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.databases
Subject: Re: Free and not so free Databases that will run on the BSDI platform
Date: 9 Jun 1997 21:27:57 GMT
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In article <338F36ED.55F@u02.itc.mb.ca>, ealexand@u02.itc.mb.ca says...
>
>I'm looking for a database product that will compile and run on
>a BSDI box. It must have SQL, and ODBC
>
>Preferably not mySQL or mSQL... but not as expensive as the Oracle and
>Sybase solutions.
>
>Better yet we are looking for a complete Web Development environment
>that is not done by embedding tags into html pages.  Something along the
>lines of WebBuilder, but not as overblown as PowerBuilder.
>
>Our main problem is finding a 'good' (read not 'your on your own if you
>have problems') database that will run on BSDI and do ODBC.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>Ed Alexander
>Systems Analyst
>Industrial Technology Centre

BSDI comes with Velocis SQL/ODBC database server (I know for sure it comes with 
3.0).