[Info-vax] PostgreSQL (Re: open source OpenVMS (Re: Oracle-RDB seminar notes))

[Craig A. Berry]

In article <kjiq16$pub$1 at dont-email.me>,
 David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:

> Paul Sture wrote:
> > In article <515a085a$0$583$e4fe514c at dreader34.news.xs4all.nl>,
> >  MG <marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:
> > 
> >> I doubt many non-commercial VMS users would 'need' or, let alone,
> >> /prefer/ to run Rdb or any RDBMS in general for their enjoyment
> >> at home.
> >>
> >> I personally certainly don't see much of a point, except perhaps
> >> (the less impressive, but adequate) MySQL or SQLite (that I've
> >> been working on for VMS), like in combination with a HTTP server.
> > 
> > I definitely saw the point of installing Rdb on my Hobbyist Alpha 
> > several years ago.  At the time MySQL didn't even support transactions, 
> > and the documentation made me despair.  In contrast the Rdb 
> > documentation was up to VMS standards :-)
> > 
> 
> Having seen it mentioned in the past, I thought I'd take a look at 
> POSTgreSQL.  Unfortunately, at their download page, VMS was not one of 
> the supported distributions.
> 
> Can or does this database work on VMS ??

Mark Berryman has an unreleased port that depends on CRTL changes that 
have also not been released yet.  When there is a generally available 
beta kit, it will likely depend on VMS v8.4 plus patches.  If you want 
to be an extremely early adopter, write to OpenSource.OpenVMS AT hp DOT 
com and request the CRTL test images that enable PostgreSQL support.  
Then track Mark down (he's posted in this n.g. quite a bit in the past) 
and see if he's willing to give you a pointer to a PostgreSQL kit.

Or just wait a bit as things are moving along steadily.