pickles@mpr.ca (Clive Pickles) (04/09/91)
Hi, I am looking for a decent database package that will run with PC-NFS. The criteria are (not in any particular order): a) easy for the average user to develop their own simple databases b) compatible with PC/NFS c) support file and record locking with concurrent updates d) print decent forms and/or reports e) reasonably CHEAP (ie. cheaper than Oracle) f) preferably SQL g) some sort of security mechanism to prevent unauthorized access I've read as many glossy brochures as I could get, and none of them say that they are compatible with PC/NFS. What do people out there use? I have no idea what is good, so I would appreciate any responses to this. I have some background in IBM/SQL and VMS DATATRIEVE, and thus would prefer something similar to this. If that sort of thing isn't out there, though, I'm open to others. Thanks! -- =================================================================== = Clive Pickles - Systems Administrator MPR Teltech Ltd. (Ottawa) = = Phone: (613) 787-4159 ------------------ E-mail: pickles@mpr.ca = ===================================================================
peterh@gollum.uio.no (Peter Hausken) (04/11/91)
>pickles@mpr.ca (Clive Pickles) Writes: > >Hi, > >I am looking for a decent database package that will run with PC-NFS. >The criteria are (not in any particular order): > > a) easy for the average user to develop their own simple databases > b) compatible with PC/NFS > c) support file and record locking with concurrent updates > d) print decent forms and/or reports > e) reasonably CHEAP (ie. cheaper than Oracle) > f) preferably SQL > g) some sort of security mechanism to prevent unauthorized access > >I've read as many glossy brochures as I could get, and none of them say that >they are compatible with PC/NFS. What do people out there use? I have >no idea what is good, so I would appreciate any responses to this. I >have some background in IBM/SQL and VMS DATATRIEVE, and thus would prefer >something similar to this. If that sort of thing isn't out there, though, >I'm open to others. > >Thanks! > > >-- >=================================================================== >= Clive Pickles - Systems Administrator MPR Teltech Ltd. (Ottawa) = >= Phone: (613) 787-4159 ------------------ E-mail: pickles@mpr.ca = >=================================================================== > I assume you're looking for a filebased database. A DOS program that access the database files in the same maner as on a local harddisk. My prefered solution would be a SQL-client using PC-NFS' TCP/IP and Link-level drivers to access a SQL-server. A solution like that would make you undependent of NFS and rather use RPC to access the database on a UNIX-server (or other). I belive I have heard about various vendors working PC-NFS support for the client-server model in their databases, but everytime I ask the sellers they can hardly understand the model. They insist that their product supports TCP/IP and therefor should support everything. Often that turns out to be their own implementation of TCP/IP for some obscure Ethernet card uncompatible with everything else. If someone have a list of databases using PC-NFS after the client- server model I would be happy to know which vendors supporting it. In fact I hope Sun will do a job having vendors to support PC-NFS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /////// // // Peter Hausken, University of Oslo // // // // PB. 1059, Blindern, N-0316 OSLO 3, Norway /////// ////// Voice: +47-2-453524 Fax: +47-2-455770 // // // Internet: Peter.Hausken@USE.UiO.NO (peterh@ifi.uio.no) // // // X.400 SA: G=Peter;S=Hausken;OU=USE;O=UiO;P=UNINETT;C=NO