Re: Linux Database - which to use.

2000-01-27 Thread Jim Morris
Bob wrote: > Oracle 8i with WebDBProbably overkill > Informix > Sybase > MySQL > PostGreSQL Add Interbase (http://www.inprise.com) to this list. Also DB2 from IBM, which is available for Linux. Hope this helps! Jim Morris -- To unsubscribe: mail

Re: Linux Database - which to use.

2000-01-27 Thread Charles Galpin
I agree with Aaron here, but suggest you worry more about using a language/tools that allow you to write database independant code. Then you can get going with your development on postgresql/mysql, and "upgrade" if you find you need to later. With those numbers I really doubt you will need to. I w

Re: Linux Database - which to use.

2000-01-27 Thread tom minchin
On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 01:05:34AM -0600, Bob Hartung wrote: > Hello, > I need to begin picking a database fora project. The > number of choices is now staggering. Generally, I will have > about 15,000-20,000 patients and about 35,000 procedures > entered per year. I need to be able to run thi

Re: Linux Database - which to use.

2000-01-27 Thread Aaron Turner
My .02 for what it's worth: MySQL doesn't do transactions. For medical info this should in your mind take it out of the running. PosgresSQL is probably the slowest of the bunch, but has a good feature set and is very popular in the Linux community. For that few records, it should do quite well

Linux Database - which to use.

2000-01-26 Thread Bob Hartung
Hello, I need to begin picking a database fora project. The number of choices is now staggering. Generally, I will have about 15,000-20,000 patients and about 35,000 procedures entered per year. I need to be able to run this over an internet between three institutions [not necessarily friendly