Обсуждение: Re: Installing Postegres side-by-side with M$ SQL server]
Alban Hertroys wrote: > Paul Lambert wrote: > >> G'day folks, >> >> I'm faily new to the world of Postgre so excuse me if these questions seem ignorant. >> >> My current employer develops a software package which runs on OpenVMS on HP Alpha/Itanium servers and contains a custom >> database comprised of various format text and binary files. I.e. not in a real database engine. >> > > >> Having made a decision to port this SQL server database into Postgre I have a few questions before I get started: >> > > I was going to suggest running it on OpenVMS, but apparently it isn't > supported? > (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/supported-platforms.html) > > I only know the name and that it's supposedly rather reliable. Is it > much different from your average UNIX? > > OpenVMS is an extremely reliable and secure operating system... it has a small few similarities to your Unix variants in terms of the interface, but only slight ones. In terms of the programming landscape on a system level, theres almost nothing common between Unix and OpenVMS. I would love a port of Postgres to OpenVMS - but I guess we all have unfulfilled dreams don't we :) I'd imagine there aren't too many VMS programmers around that would be willing to port Postgres either, but if anyone out there with experience in VMS wants to give it a go ;) I don't imagine it would be an easy task though - not something I'd look forward to doing anyway. Paul.
Engada wrote: > >> I'm faily new to the world of Postgre so excuse me if these questions seem ignorant. > >> > >> My current employer develops a software package which runs on OpenVMS on HP Alpha/Itanium servers and contains a custom > >> database comprised of various format text and binary files. I.e. not in a real database engine. > >> > > > > > >> Having made a decision to port this SQL server database into Postgre I have a few questions before I get started: > >> > > > > I was going to suggest running it on OpenVMS, but apparently it isn't > > supported? > > (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/supported-platforms.html) > > > > I only know the name and that it's supposedly rather reliable. Is it > > much different from your average UNIX? > > > > > OpenVMS is an extremely reliable and secure operating system... it has a > small few similarities to your Unix variants in terms of the interface, > but only slight ones. In terms of the programming landscape on a system > level, theres almost nothing common between Unix and OpenVMS. I would > love a port of Postgres to OpenVMS - but I guess we all have unfulfilled > dreams don't we :) > > I'd imagine there aren't too many VMS programmers around that would be > willing to port Postgres either, but if anyone out there with experience > in VMS wants to give it a go ;) I don't imagine it would be an easy task > though - not something I'd look forward to doing anyway. When we got the PostgreSQL code from Berkely, it had code that supposedly ran on VMS (not OpenVMS), but no one was available to maintain it, so eventually it was removed. -- Bruce Momjian bruce@momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
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