What other free db options are there besides MySQL?

[LeetViet]

^ MySQL is a CPU hog on my Win32 machine

 

[warcrow]

Access?

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: LeetViet
^ MySQL is a CPU hog on my Win32 machine

notepad

 

[Armitage]

I think Postgres does windows.

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: Armitage
I think Postgres does windows.

I think that's still in beta. It was just something that they announced not too long ago (this summer I think).

 

[DJFuji]

Originally posted by: KLin

Originally posted by: LeetViet
^ MySQL is a CPU hog on my Win32 machine

notepad

lol. tab delimited, perhaps? Good luck at stored procedures....

 

[Confused]

Use a JET database. It's got built-in support in C++ and VB, and works pretty quickly.


BTW, JET is the engine behind Access.


Confused

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: kamper

Originally posted by: Armitage
I think Postgres does windows.

I think that's still in beta. It was just something that they announced not too long ago (this summer I think).

Uh, version 8.0 is in beta.

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: warcrow
Access?

how is Access free?

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: kamper

Originally posted by: Armitage
I think Postgres does windows.

I think that's still in beta. It was just something that they announced not too long ago (this summer I think).

Uh, version 8.0 is in beta.

Alright, so there's a previous version that's ready? (dunno, I'm just asking) I thought windows support was new for postgres

 

[Calin]

MSDE. It's free if you have a MS Visual C++ or an MS Office (or it was that way last time when I checked)
(this MSDE is a kind of MS SQL Server)

Calin

 

[Apathetic]

I'm not sure if Postgres does Windows or not.

Dave

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: Apathetic
I'm not sure if Postgres does Windows or not.

Dave

I think you can get it running under cygwin, but that seems a round-about way of getting db support for a native win32 app.

 

[Nothinman]

I think you can get it running under cygwin, but that seems a round-about way of getting db support for a native win32 app.

cygwin is native win32, technically all it does is provide a good POSIX layer for Windows. But last I looked PostgreSQL wasn't a good choice for Win32, it required a shared memory service and ran like crap, I have no idea if it's better now or not.

You could always try PostgreSQL under coLinux.

 

[Armitage]

Firebird (open source version of the old Interbase code) apparently does windows.
But you might want to look into the MySQL issue further. I've used it a bit on Windows, and it seemed to do fine.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152

Originally posted by: warcrow
Access?

how is Access free?

The DB is free. The interfaced to the DB (MS Access) is not.

You can have a program that uses the .mdb file which is in Access format without having MS Access installed on the computer.