Thread: hosting - asking for advice

hosting - asking for advice

From
Berényi Gábor
Date:
I have a dotgeek.org free account, but they are about to leave
PostgreSQL for MySQL which is too bad. Can you suggest me a
free/cheap PostgreSQL host where I can test an open-source program?
No web hosting is needed, only a single database with TCP/IP access
enabled, plus ability to load a C-language function to the server. There
is also a list at http://techdocs.postgresql.org/hosting.php, but I have
no time to study it, and want to hear your suggestion anyway.

Thank you, Gabor


Re: hosting - asking for advice

From
Bruno Wolff III
Date:
On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 21:19:34 +0100,
  Berényi Gábor <ber_@freemail.hu> wrote:
>
> I have a dotgeek.org free account, but they are about to leave
> PostgreSQL for MySQL which is too bad. Can you suggest me a
> free/cheap PostgreSQL host where I can test an open-source program?
> No web hosting is needed, only a single database with TCP/IP access
> enabled, plus ability to load a C-language function to the server. There
> is also a list at http://techdocs.postgresql.org/hosting.php, but I have
> no time to study it, and want to hear your suggestion anyway.

If you are just testing, why aren't you just using your desktop to host
the server?

Re: hosting - asking for advice

From
Bruno Wolff III
Date:
On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 21:48:00 +0100,
  Berényi Gábor <ber_@freemail.hu> wrote:
> It's a Win98 machine.

That makes it trickier. I think it is possible to get it to install on
W98, but the FAT file system isn't safe. There were some messages discussing
this within the last couple of months. For just playing around the file
system problem shouldn't be a problem.

> Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to> írta:
>
> > On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 21:19:34 +0100,
> >   Berényi Gábor <ber_@freemail.hu> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a dotgeek.org free account, but they are about to leave
> > > PostgreSQL for MySQL which is too bad. Can you suggest me a
> > > free/cheap PostgreSQL host where I can test an open-source
> program?
> > > No web hosting is needed, only a single database with TCP/IP
> access
> > > enabled, plus ability to load a C-language function to the server.
> There
> > > is also a list at http://techdocs.postgresql.org/hosting.php, but I
> have
> > > no time to study it, and want to hear your suggestion anyway.
> >
> > If you are just testing, why aren't you just using your desktop to host
> > the server?
> >
> > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
> >

Re: hosting - asking for advice

From
Berényi Gábor
Date:
It's a Win98 machine.


Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to> írta:

> On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 21:19:34 +0100,
>   Berényi Gábor <ber_@freemail.hu> wrote:
> >
> > I have a dotgeek.org free account, but they are about to leave
> > PostgreSQL for MySQL which is too bad. Can you suggest me a
> > free/cheap PostgreSQL host where I can test an open-source
program?
> > No web hosting is needed, only a single database with TCP/IP
access
> > enabled, plus ability to load a C-language function to the server.
There
> > is also a list at http://techdocs.postgresql.org/hosting.php, but I
have
> > no time to study it, and want to hear your suggestion anyway.
>
> If you are just testing, why aren't you just using your desktop to host
> the server?
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
>