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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 21:30:46 +0000
To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
From: Jamie Walker <jamie@sagaxis.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Re: MS Access memo datatypes
References: <01C07C16.CC8B9B80.mdavis@sevainc.com>
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In article <3A627EAA.3094D925@imyourhandiman.com>, lee johnson
<lee@imyourhandiman.com> writes
>i'm trying to decide to most complete platform ( staroffice's adabas DB or
>postgresql ) to insert my energies into what will be the least arduous
>transition .....
FWIW, I started out on Adabas D, purely because the ODBC driver worked
on Win16 and it was recommend to me. It seemed like a really 'solid'
system, but the documentation was appalling. Although, at the time, the
only RDBMS I had used was MsAccess. ;o)

However, I couldn't the GUI tools to properly work with distributions
based on newer versions of glibc (it's version of curses did not like
Unix98 PTYs, so I could not admin it via SSH), and the 'complete backup
system' it provided was keen to monopolise the tape drive. It was
somewhat unpredictable at times and I did get it to dump core a few
times.

But the main reason I ditched it in favour of PostgreSQL is that I can
write my own functions in C and link them into the backend, and I know I
can always install the latest bug-fixes without paying more money. And
it just keeps getting better with each release...
-- 
Jamie Walker              "My dear boy, forget about the motivation. 
jamie@sagaxis.co.uk        Just say the lines and don't trip over the
http://www.sagaxis.co.uk/  furniture."  (Noel Coward)