Re: *** Release of GNADE 1.3.6a ***

[Michael Erdmann <erdmann@snafu.de>]

achrist@easystreet.com wrote:
> I'm trying to find/select database software for a project that is to
> be developed initially under Windows/NT, but planned to be ported to
> linux later.  Does GNADE have Win32 and linux versions that will work
> portably across these two OS's?  

I guess yes, to my knowlege the only problem you may encounter
is the different behiours of the odbc drivers and evetually the
underlying data bases!

If you need some support pls use the mailing list of GNADE since
i am checking CL not regualry.

> It looks like the Win32 version is
> several releases behind, but IDK if that's right or how serious a 
> problem that is, if any. 
Please use the latest source distribution to build the environment
on you pc. The Windows Package is quite old and should not
be used any more. Since i there is no maintainer any more for
the installation package i will remove it from the releases
to avoid further confucsions.


> I suppose that MySQL would be the database 
> of choice for this according to this announcement.  
Not realy, other databases like PostgresSQL, Oracle, MS_SQL Server,
MimerSQL are known to work as well.

> 
> Other advice welcome.
> 
> My criteria (in order of importance) for the database are
> 1. Cheap (ie free for use at one site as in Berkely DB)
> 2. Reliable (ie unatteded operation without crashing orten).
> 3. Efficient (quick retrieval of many rows.  Number of simultaneous
>    users will be low, but sometimes more than one).	 
> 4. Easy to talk to database from eg GNAT 
> 5. Easy for customers to install and configure databases if we 
>    distribute to additional sites.	
> 6. Not Ada-only

Yes.


Michael


> 
> Any possible choices besides MySQL, PostgreSQL, Berkeley DB?  Any 
> good choices?
> 
> 
> Al
> 
> 
> Michael Erdmann wrote:
> 
>>The GNat Database Development Environment (GNADE) Project
>>release the release 1.3.6a for download from:
>>
>>http://gnade.sourceforge.net/
>>
>>This package features for the Linux, Solaris and Windows
>>platform:
>>
>>- Thin ODBC bindings
>>- Native bindings to MySQL and PostgreSQL.
>>- Embedded SQL translator woring on top of the ODBC
>>   interface
>>- Oracle 8i call interface
>>
>>Regards
>>     M.Erdmann
>