zathura and databases

2024-08-22 Thread Paul Scott
Usually Zathura works to display PDFs even though for some time now I get a warning about database. I don't have that warning to share but I think it's current behavior should lead to solving the same problem. Currently zathura [filename] gives: info: Opening plain database via sqlite backend

Re: Local time in databases

2023-12-16 Thread David Wright
On Wed 13 Dec 2023 at 00:03:57 (+0700), Max Nikulin wrote: > On 08/12/2023 11:38, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 10:18:44PM -0600, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > > > > All of these considerations are what brought Oracle to create a > > > proprietary > > > "datetime" datatype an

Re: Local time in databases (Re: ntpsec as server questions)

2023-12-12 Thread Max Nikulin
On 08/12/2023 11:38, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 10:18:44PM -0600, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: All of these considerations are what brought Oracle to create a proprietary "datetime" datatype and use it to store all "real" dates/times. If you need a different format for display

Re: Local time in databases (Re: ntpsec as server questions)

2023-12-07 Thread tomas
On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 10:18:44PM -0600, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: [...] > All of these considerations are what brought Oracle to create a proprietary > "datetime" datatype and use it to store all "real" dates/times. If you need > a different format for display purposes or a human readable column

Re: Local time in databases (Re: ntpsec as server questions)

2023-12-07 Thread tomas
On Fri, Dec 08, 2023 at 09:11:12AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 07/12/2023 23:08, tomas wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 10:29:29PM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > > > On 07/12/2023 21:22, John Hasler wrote: > > > > Databases should never store local time. > >

Re: Local time in databases (Re: ntpsec as server questions)

2023-12-07 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Thu, Dec 7, 2023, 8:11 PM Max Nikulin wrote: > On 07/12/2023 23:08, tomas wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 10:29:29PM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > >> On 07/12/2023 21:22, John Hasler wrote: > >>> Databases should never store local time. > >> > >&g

Re: Local time in databases (Re: ntpsec as server questions)

2023-12-07 Thread Max Nikulin
On 07/12/2023 23:08, tomas wrote: On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 10:29:29PM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: On 07/12/2023 21:22, John Hasler wrote: Databases should never store local time. There are exceptions when storing UTC instead of local time leads to undesired consequences. Heh. There was one

Re: Local time in databases (Re: ntpsec as server questions)

2023-12-07 Thread tomas
On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 10:29:29PM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 07/12/2023 21:22, John Hasler wrote: > > Databases should never store local time. > > I am anticipating a new branch of hot discussion. > > There are exceptions when storing UTC instead of local time

Local time in databases (Re: ntpsec as server questions)

2023-12-07 Thread Max Nikulin
On 07/12/2023 21:22, John Hasler wrote: Databases should never store local time. I am anticipating a new branch of hot discussion. There are exceptions when storing UTC instead of local time leads to undesired consequences. Planned (future) events may be bound namely to local time. So if

Re: GeoIP free databases and Geo::IP

2019-06-15 Thread MI
I have the same problem. For my needs, the best solution I found turns out to be the workaround you suggested using https://freegeoip.app. The alternative seems to be something like     apt install geoipupdate mmdb-bin     # use the free license in GeoIP.conf:     cp /usr/share/doc/geoipupdate

GeoIP free databases and Geo::IP

2019-03-20 Thread francis picabia
The packages geoip-database in Debian relies on static databases which are no longer being updated. https://support.maxmind.com/geolite-legacy-discontinuation-notice/ All I need from this is a quick way on the shell to look up a country from an IP. On Debian I could do that with geoiplookup or

Re: Hi, I have a serious problem with Debian 7. The system is very slow, work with MySQL databases is slow and painful. On Debian 6.0.7 system is very fast and stable, works on ext3 and ext4 on Debian

2013-05-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 23 May 2013 09:15:29 Andrei Hristow wrote: Could you perhaps send this again legibly, i.e. with plain text and in the body of the email? Thanks. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@list

Hi, I have a serious problem with Debian 7. The system is very slow, work with MySQL databases is slow and painful. On Debian 6.0.7 system is very fast and stable, works on ext3 and ext4 on Debian 7.

2013-05-23 Thread Andrei Hristow

Is it possible to recover PG-8.4 databases from raw data?

2012-11-18 Thread Ennio-Sr
psql mydb does work, mut no data are found: Target width for "wrapped" format is 100. Output format is wrapped. No relations found. List of databases Name| Owner | Encoding | Collation | Cty

phppgadmin - default encoding for new databases

2010-01-13 Thread Alan Chandler
I have just installed a new Debian Lenny system, and am now setting up the various components. phppgadmin is set so that the default encoding for a new database is LATIN1. However if you try to create one with that encoding it fails telling me that I only have utf8 locales installed. I would

Re: OT: file system versus databases

2009-02-25 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 07:39:01PM -0800, David Fox wrote: > Are there a lot of files in each directory, or are there a lot of directories? > > One thing I can think off the top of my head when > organizing/retrieving data this way (other than using an rDBMS) is > that the directory read function

Re: OT: file system versus databases

2009-02-24 Thread David Fox
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Mag Gam wrote: > Paul: > For instance, grep "something" country/2005/??/01/foo.txt > > It gives an instant result. Thats how we are using it and we love it. Are there a lot of files in each directory, or are there a lot of directories? One thing I can think off

Re: OT: file system versus databases

2009-02-24 Thread Ken Teague
Mag Gam wrote: For instance, country/2005/01/01/foo.txt ... For instance, grep "something" country/2005/??/01/foo.txt It gives an instant result. Thats how we are using it and we love it. I would suspect it's two-fold. 1. Your data is already separated and well organized down to country

Re: OT: file system versus databases

2009-02-24 Thread Mag Gam
Paul: Thanks for the response. > I will guess that, at your company, there are very few updates of this > transaction data, New transactions are added to the record as they > happen. The *.txt files may contain references to prior transactions, > but these are human readable text, not some sort

Re: OT: file system versus databases

2009-02-24 Thread Paul E Condon
On 2009-02-23_23:28:22, Mag Gam wrote: > I was curious why this was faster: > > At our company we store close to 50TB of certain transaction data and > we stored it on a UNIX filesystem raw without any DBMS help. I will guess that, at your company, there are very few updates of this transaction

Re: OT: file system versus databases

2009-02-23 Thread Robert Baron
If it works for you, why change? Lets face it not every problem needs a relational database, if you do not need atomic transactions and crash recovery as examples of what a DBMS system will do better than file systems. Furthermore, you may be able to save some space by eliminating redunent inform

Re: OT: file system versus databases

2009-02-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/23/2009 10:28 PM, Mag Gam wrote: I was curious why this was faster: At our company we store close to 50TB of certain transaction data and we stored it on a UNIX filesystem raw without any DBMS help. This doesn't sound very Linuxy... For example: country/A/name/A.txt country/B/name/B.t

OT: file system versus databases

2009-02-23 Thread Mag Gam
I was curious why this was faster: At our company we store close to 50TB of certain transaction data and we stored it on a UNIX filesystem raw without any DBMS help. For example: country/A/name/A.txt country/B/name/B.txt country/C/name/C.txt and so on... We have close to 500 million entries in t

Debian sarge -> etch and menu's and databases software

2007-06-28 Thread Bret Busby
d, on the sarge installation, pgaccess is listed in Synaptic, with no other information about it (no version numbers, or information about it). So, I looked in all of the sub-menu's in the Applications menu's on both computers. On the etch installation, I could not find any referenc

best and most accurate databases for doctors

2007-03-11 Thread aberrant
As requested, here is the information on this year's medical professional databases: Database 1: 780,000 Physicians in the USA Arranged by State Sortable by First name, Last name, Title, Specialty, Address (city, state, zip, county), Me

Re: creating multiple databases with updatedb

2005-09-18 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 05:05:33PM -0400, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > Is it possible to create multiple databases with updatedb and which can > coexist on the same system? I want to have two databases of which the > first is indexed from / and the second is indexed from /home/user .

Re: Maybe OT - Databases for Newbies

2005-09-13 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 02:43:41PM -0500, John Fleming wrote: > I have MySQL installed on my Debian Sarge system and working fine with a > PostNuke website. Can anyone recommend a MySQL front end that would allow me > as a newbie to install and interface with a web page? This would be for > sim

Maybe OT - Databases for Newbies

2005-09-13 Thread John Fleming
I have MySQL installed on my Debian Sarge system and working fine with a PostNuke website. Can anyone recommend a MySQL front end that would allow me as a newbie to install and interface with a web page? This would be for simple applications like making a web page available where people can sig

Re: sarge upgrade hosed mysql databases

2005-09-10 Thread Simo Kauppi
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 01:37:00PM -0700, Jeff Nelson wrote: > Hi all, > > When I did the dist-upgrade to sarge, I could no longer see any of my mysql > databases. All the mysql packages are installed, but the upgrade process > apparently hosed the databases. Does anybody have an

creating multiple databases with updatedb

2005-09-08 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Is it possible to create multiple databases with updatedb and which can coexist on the same system? I want to have two databases of which the first is indexed from / and the second is indexed from /home/user . Reading the man page I get the impression that I can have only one at any given

Re: sarge upgrade hosed mysql databases

2005-09-08 Thread Mark Lijftogt
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 01:37:00PM -0700, Jeff Nelson wrote: > Hi all, > > When I did the dist-upgrade to sarge, I could no longer see any of my mysql > databases. All the mysql packages are installed, but the upgrade process > apparently hosed the databases. Does anybody have an

sarge upgrade hosed mysql databases

2005-09-08 Thread Jeff Nelson
Hi all, When I did the dist-upgrade to sarge, I could no longer see any of my mysql databases.  All the mysql packages are installed, but the upgrade process apparently hosed the databases.  Does anybody have an idea as to how I can get them back?  (I wish I could say I had a current backup

Re: How to Back Up SQL Databases and Firewall

2004-08-26 Thread John Smith
On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 06:12, Ed Sutherland wrote: > How do I back-up my MySQL databases to a CD disc? > > Also, what is the best firewall app for Gnome users? > > Thanks. > > Ed > firestarter comes to mind... 'apt-get install firestarter' Sincerely, J

Re: How to Back Up SQL Databases and Firewall

2004-08-26 Thread Paolo Falcone
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 00:12:57 -0400, Ed Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I back-up my MySQL databases to a CD disc? Well, I think it's easier that you do mysql_dump to the filesystem then burn the dumps to disks -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

How to Back Up SQL Databases and Firewall

2004-08-26 Thread Ed Sutherland
How do I back-up my MySQL databases to a CD disc? Also, what is the best firewall app for Gnome users? Thanks. Ed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Contributing to dict-freedict-* databases?

2004-07-16 Thread Ryan Waye
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:34:21 GMT, Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't feel qualified to be a package maintainer but I would like to > contribute content to some of the freedict bilingual dictionaries. How > would I do this? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with

Contributing to dict-freedict-* databases?

2004-07-16 Thread Adam Funk
I don't feel qualified to be a package maintainer but I would like to contribute content to some of the freedict bilingual dictionaries. How would I do this? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Removing gForge --- can I overcome 'permanent corruption of your debconf and package databases'?

2004-05-24 Thread Lucas Barbuto
bmitted a bug report for gforge-shell-ldap to which the maintainer hasn't replied, however, he has replied to a similar bug (relating to the installation of gforge-ldap-openldap) in which he's referred to my problem as "permanent corruption of your debconf and package databases"

Re: LDAP & Databases

2003-09-26 Thread Michael Heironimus
On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 06:48:45PM -0700, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > Is there a product that puts an LDAP server "front-end" on a SQL > database - specifically the phpGroupWare addressbook? OpenLDAP has a SQL backend ("back-sql" or something similar) for just that kind of thing. I know it's in 2.1

LDAP & Databases

2003-09-25 Thread Daniel L. Miller
Is there a product that puts an LDAP server "front-end" on a SQL database - specifically the phpGroupWare addressbook? Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: inn2 - cant store article: File exists / rebuild databases

2003-09-09 Thread Marcus Schopen
s/articles directory, but not shown in the client. What do I have to do to make a clean rebuild of all inn2's internal databases/history files etc., so I can see all articles again? Andreas Metzler posted the folling nice working lines to me on the German list: > as user root: invoke-rc.

inn2 - cant store article: File exists / rebuild databases

2003-09-09 Thread Marcus Schopen
, but not shown in the client. What do I have to do to make a clean rebuild of all inn2's internal databases/history files etc., so I can see all articles again? Thanks, Marcus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Inventory Databases

2003-07-31 Thread John Foster
nt it also uses several types of databases that are freely available: MySQL, PostgreSQL; Not free Oracle. There is plent of documentation & help available for all of these; i.e. severla really big companies are using this scenerio. If you really do not need this much then look to SQl-Le

Re: Inventory Databases

2003-07-29 Thread Willem van der Walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi, You can look at compieer. It uses Oracle which you would need to purchase, but you can evaluate the thing using an evaluation copy of Oracle for Linux. http://sourceforge.net/projects/compiere/";>SourceForge: Project Info - Compiere ERP + CRM Business Solution http://sourceforge.net/projects/c

Inventory Databases

2003-07-28 Thread Curtis Vaughan
I am wondering what advice people have about the following: Our company needs to keep track of purchased inventory (when purchased, how much, where it's located), etc. Also, we would want to keep a db on analogous products, who they are sold by, their prices, etc. Now, here is what the acoun

Re: O.T. Need help in merging databases; postgresql

2002-05-27 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Mon, 2002-05-27 at 05:30, John Foster > The Problem; > I have merged the tables from 3 different databases into one by building > them by hand. > I have 3 different applications all accessing this database and all are > working properly. There are tables within the database t

Re: O.T. Need help in merging databases; postgresql

2002-05-27 Thread David Jackson
John -- Your best bet is to post to one of the postgeSQL mailing list. http://postgresql.org/ # Note there is no www before postgresql.org Here's the link to there mailing list: http://postgresql.org/users-lounge/index.html Is there any redundant data between tables, remember one of objective

O.T. Need help in merging databases; postgresql

2002-05-26 Thread John Foster
to speed with this ASAP so I am seeking help. f. Recommendations about docs, manuals, tutorials, tips, & tricks are appreciated. The Problem; I have merged the tables from 3 different databases into one by building them by hand. I have 3 different applications all accessing this database and

Re: Question concerning MTAs and Databases.

2002-04-08 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin quoting what dman said on Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 04:30:03PM -0500: > > FYI, Lotus Notes/Domino can not forward an email with a jpeg > attachment. It wholly corrupts the jpeg. ITYM FYII, because that's incorrect information. Works fine with Release 5.0.5. Want me to send you one to prove

Re: Question concerning MTAs and Databases.

2002-04-07 Thread dman
On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 06:51:47PM -0800, Petro wrote: | Does anybody know of an MTA, plugin, or package that uses a database | (Preferbly Mysql) for storage? Lotus. FYI, Lotus Notes/Domino can not forward an email with a jpeg attachment. It wholly corrupts the jpeg. -D -- Failure

Re: Question concerning MTAs and Databases.

2002-04-06 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Apr 05, 2002, Petro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Does anybody know of an MTA, plugin, or package that uses a database > (Preferbly Mysql) for storage? STFW: http://www.google.com/search?q=database+sendmail+OR+exim+OR+qmail+OR+postfix ...what exactly are you trying to do? I'd

Question concerning MTAs and Databases.

2002-04-05 Thread Petro
Does anybody know of an MTA, plugin, or package that uses a database (Preferbly Mysql) for storage? -- Share and Enjoy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

422 Genealogy Databases [2]

2002-02-11 Thread Angie's Genealogy
Below is a list of 422 Genealogy Databases with over 1.5 billion names. I am offering to search these databases for only $1(US) per search. Just send a minimum of $10(US) to: Angie Giles P.O.Box 873 Rowlett, TX, USA 75030-0873 Because of technical reasons beyond my control, I might not be

Re: [ot] web/gui interfaces to databases...

2001-08-29 Thread Andrew Perrin
It sure sounds to me like you're talking about php with pretty much any database backend (PostgreSQL is my choice, but others will probably suggest mySQL). I've done the same thing with perl, but from reputation php is probably closer to your goal. XML is also a good candidate; having never worke

[ot] web/gui interfaces to databases...

2001-08-29 Thread Walter Tautz
I am looking for an interface that would allow one easily enter data into a database (the database type is largely irrelevant although I would like one is based on ascii files and could be modified with vi). It would be desirable to be able to enter data of various formats into the database. For

Upgrading postgresql -- how to dump databases?

2001-06-07 Thread Debian User
Okay... so I've upgraded from stable to unstable, and everything seems to be working fine... except postgresql. When upgrading, I got a message telling me to dump my databases and convert them to the new format. Since I didn't have any databases at the time, I didn't think m

Re: Upgrading postgresql -- how to dump databases?

2001-06-07 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 09:52:07PM -0500, Debian User wrote: > Okay... so I've upgraded from stable to unstable, and everything seems to be > working fine... except postgresql. When upgrading, I got a message telling > me to dump my databases and convert them to the new format.

Internet Databases & Lists - 30% TO 50% OFF - 10 DAYS ONLY-- Adv

2000-05-22 Thread datapipe
Good Day, We wanted to share with you the latest 30%-50% OFF, 10 DAYS ONLY PRICING SPECIALS on our database of online businesses--a cutting edge business tool for the growing networked marketplace. Our databases include contacts representing millions of online business domains which have

Does Applix data read Oracle databases?

2000-05-07 Thread Erik Ryberg
Hello, One of the commercial vendors' websites (I've now forgotten who) alleges in very clear terms that the Applix 5.0 Data application (in Applixware Office Suite) can open and read Oracle database files. However, the Applix web page does not make this claim. I have a rather strong need to rea

Re: databases, which one? (THANKS)

1999-11-26 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
Thanxs to all of you, I think I'm gonna try MySQL + Perl JY -- Jean-Yves F. Barbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The next person to mention spaghetti stacks to me is going to have his head knocked off. -- Bill Conrad

Re: databases, which one?

1999-11-25 Thread David Warnock
Hi Jean-Yves, So far as I know pretty much all the databases on Linux are client server using SQL. So that's not quite the same as dbase which has an integrated dbengine and language running on the client. Probably the best known dbms' on Linux and MySql and Postgresql. They each hav

Re: databases, which one?

1999-11-25 Thread J C Lawrence
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999 02:36:36 +0100 Jean-Yves BARBIER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, I wonder if there's a package with > easy-to-use-and-powerfull database? (something like dBase > III+/IV) mySQL is more than fair. -- J C Lawrence Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

databases, which one?

1999-11-25 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
Hi all, I wonder if there's a package with easy-to-use-and-powerfull database? (something like dBase III+/IV) Thanks in advance, JY -- Jean-Yves F. Barbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ask not for whom the  tolls.

Re: Linux databases: which are best?

1999-09-30 Thread William T Wilson
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm interested in peoples' experiences with the different databases > available for Linux. Probably the most important factors for me are > stability, followed by ease of use and power. You can't go wrong with MySQL. It

Linux databases: which are best?

1999-09-30 Thread debuser
I'm interested in peoples' experiences with the different databases available for Linux. Probably the most important factors for me are stability, followed by ease of use and power. Thanks, Gerry

Re: Databases

1999-09-10 Thread Andrew Cowie
In a question concerning databases, Timothy Hospedales asked for advice about: >2. What web/software client interface method is best to use and why? We have had tremendous success with MySQL. As a database engine for medium size projects (medium size is, oh, say, anywhere from 10 to

Re: Databases

1999-09-09 Thread Oliver Elphick
Timothy Hospedales wrote: >Hi, ive been trying out MySQL and PostgreSQL on debian too see which > I >will use for my database projects. >Can anyone recommend: >1. Documentation / HOWTOs or whatever on how to set these up with web >interfaces - expecially about how to do so a

Databases

1999-09-08 Thread Timothy Hospedales
Hi, ive been trying out MySQL and PostgreSQL on debian too see which I will use for my database projects. Can anyone recommend: 1. Documentation / HOWTOs or whatever on how to set these up with web interfaces - expecially about how to do so as a database beginner and not compromise the secu

password protect postgresql databases?

1999-06-05 Thread Michael Legart
Hi! I'm having some problems understanding postgresql access system. I read the manual, but cannot find anything about how to put passwords on the users i create, and how to tell it, that this database can *ONLY* be read by this or these users. Etc.. Maybe someone can point me to some good docs?

verifying dpkg databases?

1999-02-25 Thread hpv
kg/{status,available,whatever} is consistent with what is actually installed? Or even better, can I rebuild the databases, by scanning the disks and downloading the appropriate package files? (No, I don't have a backup. I can reinstall debian anyway, but it would be nice to know if I ha

Re: databases and `mail merge'

1999-01-11 Thread Chris Frost
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Johann Spies wrote: > Or python using pygres to communicate with Postgres and producing LateX > output. This is what I decided to do, thanks! Of course, I need to learn some python pretty quickly now :) Chris <- Visit Me At

Re: databases and `mail merge'

1999-01-11 Thread Johann Spies
On Sun, 10 Jan 1999, Stephen Pitts wrote: > Two options for you: > 1. Use something like PHP3 to create an HTML file, then print from > netscape. > 2. Use embedded perl (I think its in the eperl package) to embed > commands from the perl packages for Postgres (check CPAN > http://www.perl.com/C

Re: databases and `mail merge'

1999-01-10 Thread Stephen Pitts
On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 02:24:41PM -0600, Chris Frost wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'm setting up a database of prospective colleges and would like to be > able to grab info from the database and somehow insert it into generic > documents. Ideally, it would be inser

databases and `mail merge'

1999-01-10 Thread Chris Frost
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm setting up a database of prospective colleges and would like to be able to grab info from the database and somehow insert it into generic documents. Ideally, it would be inserted into latex documents and fetch the info from PostgreSQL, but if there

Re: web databases?

1998-10-15 Thread Alexander Kushnirenko
Hi, Steve! > Does anyone know of a decent database with a simple web interface? Linux > would be fine, but a generic one with a chance of running on FreeBSD would be > better. > I use combination of MySQL (database) + PHP/FI web interface. MySQL is very fast and very simple. PHP/FI is a

Re: web databases?

1998-10-14 Thread Rodrigo Moya
>Does anyone know of a decent database with a simple web interface? Linux >would be fine, but a generic one with a chance of running on FreeBSD would be >better. > Well, in Debian 2.0, PostgreSQL comes with a WWW interface which looks great. Rodrigo

web databases?

1998-10-14 Thread Steve Lamb
Does anyone know of a decent database with a simple web interface? Linux would be fine, but a generic one with a chance of running on FreeBSD would be better. -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to th

Re: Opinions on SQL Databases

1998-08-12 Thread Frank Barknecht
Allan Bart hat gesagt: // Allan Bart wrote: > I am just getting my system up to snuff and i think it would be a good > time to really learn sql. What are your linux favorites and why? I have tried Msql and thas was okay for starters. But I would recommend going with "the linux of dat

Opinions on SQL Databases

1998-08-11 Thread Allan Bart
Hi, I am just getting my system up to snuff and i think it would be a good time to really learn sql. What are your linux favorites and why? Allan == Allan W. Bart, Jr. Strategic Analyst _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address

Re: Qddb or other databases

1998-02-10 Thread Bonard B. Timmons III
I struggled with this question for quite a while. What I wanted had to satisfy the following criteria: 1. A decent license such as GPL or BSD-style. 2. Flexible and powerful. 3. Actively developed. Only a handful of databases satisfy these criteria. IMHO, Postgresql seems to be the easiest and

Qddb or other databases

1998-02-10 Thread tmalloy
Has anyone installed qddb on debian. Could you tell me the correct changes to make to the Makefile. Also I there is any significant reason to prefer a different database(msql, mysql, adabas etc) I'd like to hear it. Thank you -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscr

Re: latex/databases

1997-05-10 Thread Hamish Moffatt
> Thanks, but I wanted to stick to free software, if possible, and my > impression was that MySQL is not. Please correct me if I'm wrong. On the subject of databases, are any of these remotely compatible with Oracle? (3.3.2.0.0). I'm required to use Oracle for a database subje

Re: latex/databases

1997-05-09 Thread Colin Telmer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 9 May 1997, Tim Sailer wrote: > In your email to me, Dirk Herr-Hoyman, you wrote: > > > > At 07:58 AM 5/9/97 -0400, Tim Sailer wrote: > > >In your email to me, Rob Browning, you wrote: > > > > >> I've kind of settled on postgress, partially because I w

Re: latex/databases

1997-05-09 Thread Tim Sailer
In your email to me, Dirk Herr-Hoyman, you wrote: > > At 08:58 AM 5/9/97 -0500, Rob Browning wrote: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Sailer) writes: > > > >> You should take a look at MySQL also. It should do what you want, > >> and is extremely fast too. Quite a few of us here on the mailing > >> list u

Re: latex/databases

1997-05-09 Thread Dirk Herr-Hoyman
At 08:58 AM 5/9/97 -0500, Rob Browning wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Sailer) writes: > >> You should take a look at MySQL also. It should do what you want, >> and is extremely fast too. Quite a few of us here on the mailing >> list use it already. > >Thanks, but I wanted to stick to free software,

Re: latex/databases

1997-05-09 Thread Rob Browning
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Sailer) writes: > You should take a look at MySQL also. It should do what you want, > and is extremely fast too. Quite a few of us here on the mailing > list use it already. Thanks, but I wanted to stick to free software, if possible, and my impression was that MySQL is not

Re: latex/databases

1997-05-09 Thread Tim Sailer
In your email to me, Dirk Herr-Hoyman, you wrote: > > At 07:58 AM 5/9/97 -0400, Tim Sailer wrote: > >In your email to me, Rob Browning, you wrote: > > >> I've kind of settled on postgress, partially because I was curious > >> about SQL, and also because it appears to be capable of anything I > >>

Re: latex/databases

1997-05-09 Thread Dirk Herr-Hoyman
At 07:58 AM 5/9/97 -0400, Tim Sailer wrote: >In your email to me, Rob Browning, you wrote: >> I've kind of settled on postgress, partially because I was curious >> about SQL, and also because it appears to be capable of anything I >> could want to do. It's probably overkill, but that's OK. > >You

Re: latex/databases

1997-05-09 Thread Tim Sailer
In your email to me, Rob Browning, you wrote: > > James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > "Colin" == Colin Telmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Colin> I am beginning a review of a literature on the relations > > Colin> between the governments of Canada and will be writing

Re: latex/databases

1997-05-09 Thread Rob Browning
James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "Colin" == Colin Telmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Colin> I am beginning a review of a literature on the relations > Colin> between the governments of Canada and will be writing small > Colin> summary reports on each article/book/etc. I

Re: latex/databases

1997-05-09 Thread James LewisMoss
> "Colin" == Colin Telmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Colin> I am beginning a review of a literature on the relations Colin> between the governments of Canada and will be writing small Colin> summary reports on each article/book/etc. Rather than just Colin> filling a directory with latex f

latex/databases

1997-04-28 Thread Colin Telmer
I am beginning a review of a literature on the relations between the governments of Canada and will be writing small summary reports on each article/book/etc. Rather than just filling a directory with latex files, I am wondering if the is a simple-to-use database that I could use to store and manip