[Zope] Simple, Open Source RDBMS for Windows

[Joel Burton]

On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Carlos A. Carnero Delgado wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> Here's the satanic plan: with a little hard work for me, I'm
> converting my girlfriend's notebook office applications to Zope. She's
> currently using Microsoft Office for a number of tasks, but I'm
> "porting" her Excel and Access applications  to Zope (not porting
> Excel, mind you; just the business logic, as well as some reporting
> stuff from Access.) I have demonstrated her that it would works--and
> it looks cool BTW, not to mention some stuff I have under my sleeve
> for her in the future (Zope wise)
> 
> But, I've been using Gadfly as the underlying RDBMS service. I know of
> its limitations (sort of). So, I'm asking you guys if there's a small,
> SQL compliant to the basic level, Open Source RDBMS that runs under
> Windows. Or is Gadfly more than enough for personal use?
> 
> Best regards,
> Carlos.
> 
> PS. She's running Windows 2000. Tried to convince her to run FreeBSD
> but that was too much to ask, so I conceded.

MySQL would be an excellent choice. 

Interbase might be even better--it has many nice windows tools for
installing, querying, etc.

PostgreSQL is the most powerful of the Open Source databases, in terms of
features, however, it's not a simple setup for Windows, and might be
overkill for this project.

Have fun,
-- 
Joel Burton   <jburton@scw.org>
Director of Information Systems, Support Center of Washington