Thread: Postgresql and W98

Postgresql and W98

From
Evelio Martinez
Date:
Hello!

I am using postgresql on linux and I am pretty satisfied with it.
A friend  has proposed me to migrate an application using Access 9.0 as
database desktop to postgresql on W98.

The database has about 30 tables and some of them have 500000 rows and
some blobs.

Does postgresql work ok under W98?
Is it worth trying?
Is there any difference in the performance between the 2 databases under
W98?

Any HOWTO, FAQ will be appreciated

Thanks
--
Evelio Martínez


Re: Postgresql and W98

From
Andrew Gould
Date:
I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm mistaken; but I
think that you'll suffer decreases in performance
whenever you use resources to run a GUI.

I use Win98 and Access 97 as a front-end to data
warehouses in PostgreSQL; but the PostgreSQL databases
are on separate machines:  1 x Linux, 1 x FreeBSD.  My
largest table has 8,591,561 records.  There are
advantages to having Access or Excel handle adhoc
report formats and Linux/FreeBSD handle the heavy data
processing.  (My 2 cents.)

Andrew Gould

--- Evelio Martinez <evelio.martinez@testanet.com>
wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I am using postgresql on linux and I am pretty
> satisfied with it.
> A friend  has proposed me to migrate an application
> using Access 9.0 as
> database desktop to postgresql on W98.
>
> The database has about 30 tables and some of them
> have 500000 rows and
> some blobs.
>
> Does postgresql work ok under W98?
> Is it worth trying?
> Is there any difference in the performance between
> the 2 databases under
> W98?
>
> Any HOWTO, FAQ will be appreciated
>
> Thanks
> --
> Evelio Mart�nez
>
>
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