[Zope] Simple, Open Source RDBMS for Windows

[Phil Harris]

Why use ODBC when native is better/faster?

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Legg" <d.legg@ncl.ac.uk>
To: "Carlos A. Carnero Delgado" <texel@rtvc.com.cu>
Cc: "Zope List" <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Zope] Simple, Open Source RDBMS for Windows


> I'm sure other people on the Zope list would have told you this but MySQL
is
> the thing to go for. Usually runs on Unix systems but works very well on
> Windows with some neat graphical administration tools and is very
powerful -
> more than basic SQL! Just install and set up a connection through the
> Control Panel ODBC Data Sources so it can be accessed either internally or
> externally.
>
> http://www.mysql.com
>
> Then use the ZODBC data connection in Zope to connect.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carlos A. Carnero Delgado" <texel@rtvc.com.cu>
> To: "Zope discussion forum" <zope@zope.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 11:00 PM
> Subject: [Zope] Simple, Open Source RDBMS for Windows
>
>
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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