[Info-vax] OpenVMS x86-64 and RDB and DB's in general on OpenVMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 6/30/2015 6:30 PM, Dirk Munk wrote:
> Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> On 2015-06-30 21:46:13 +0000, Dirk Munk said:
>>
>>> OK, but then I don't understand why 32-bit systems require the Visual
>>> C++ 2008 runtime. Do you have any idea?
>>>
>>> (
>>> http://docs.datastax.com/en/getting_started/doc/getting_started/gettingStartedWindows_t.html
>>>
>>> )
>>
>> Probably because something in the site-specific customizations from
>> DataStax requires that.   I'd suggest asking on the Cassandra IRC or
>> mailing lists, or ask the DataStax folks that provided the prepackaged
>> kit.  That's probably going to have a better outcome than asking OpenVMS
>> folks about the details of integrating Oracle Java applications on
>> 32-bit Microsoft Windows based on a DataStax packaging of Apache
>> Cassandra, after all.
>>
>>
> Well, Arne stated that he had installed Cassandra on Windows, and that
> it is a pure Java environment. At the same time the prerequisites state
> that on a 32 bit Windows systems you need to have Visual C++ 2008
> runtime installed. That seems to be a contradiction.

Correct.

But note that I installed Cassandra. Standard out of the box Cassandra.
Not a Cassandra wrapped in some STAX specific software.

Arne