[CLUE-Tech] [OT] Postgres on Windows

[Jeffery Cann]

Matt,

Last time I looked (almost 2 years ago), PG did not even run on Windoze.  I 
needed a database with good referential features, so I could not use MySQL.  

I ended up using Borland's Interbase (6.0.1) -- this version was 
"open-sourced".  Now, later versions of Interbase have been "un 
open-sourced", so my feelings about Borland have changed.

However, it is a kick-ass database that runs great on UNIX and Windoze.  
Small footprint, lots of features you need for a relational implementation.  
Since they open sourced it, some ex-Borland developers created Firebird, 
which 1.0 was recently released.  Firebird is the open-source fork of 
Interbase, based on the 6.0.1 release.

My point --> check out Firebird.  It runs on Windoze.

http://firebird.sourceforge.net/

Jeff


On Thursday 11 April 2002 10:19 pm, Matt Gushee wrote:
> Hey, folks--
>
> I am going to be talking about a database conversion project with the
> director of a non-profit organization tomorrow. I'm going to assess
> their needs, make some recommendations, and possibly implement the
> project. I don't have a very clear picture yet of what's going to be
> involved; I know the target platform is Win2k--that's non-negotiable
> --but I get the impression they're not sure what they want for a
> database yet. Depending on their requirements, resources, etc., I may
> want to recommend something other than Access--such as PostgreSQL.
>
> However, I've heard that PostgreSQL on Windows "sucks." I'm not sure
> why, just that it sucks. So I'd like to ask if anyone here has recently
> used Postgres on Windows. If so, do you think it sucks? In what way?
>
> By the way, I'm aware that MySQL runs on Windows--I've set up a MySQL
> database on Win2k, and it seemed to work well. But I guess I'm biased
> because it lacks things like transactions. That's probably not very
> important for this project, but what is important is that it doesn't
> support UTF-8, which will likely be the encoding of choice.