On Tue, 14 May 2002 09:52:22 Tahir Hashmi wrote:

However, unless your work is specifically geared towards Oracle, you must also consider the RedHat Database server that runs PostgreSQL http://www.redhat.com/software/database/

Uh, this might sound more like a promo for RedHat, while I intend to draw attention to PostgreSQL. To quote from their site, "PostgreSQL is a sophisticated Object-Relational DBMS, supporting almost all SQL constructs, including subselects, transactions, and user-defined types and functions. It is the most advanced open-source database available anywhere."

http://www.us.postgresql.org/

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