Re: IDS-PE or equivalent

In article <8j7mu7$5bm$1@news.xmission.com>, "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: > > From: Mister Creosote <glynb@my-deja.com> > > > >We are currently designing a system that will need to be run on both a > >UNIX server and in "standalone" mode on an WinNT/98/95-based laptop. > >This is a VB application using ODBC calls to talk to IDS. In order that > >the standalone version be operable, we need an equivalent to the old > >IDS-PE. Here's the rub - I still have a copy of IDS-PE that would in > >all probability suffice for our needs but the issue of support has been > >raised. I am aware that IDS-PE is an unsupported product, but are there > >any equivalents out there that have a small footprint (and hopefully a > >correspondingly small price tag ?). > > > >All thoughts, recommendations etc gratefully received (even the > >Clown's). > > Gee, thanks. How about Oracle8i Lite? See, Oracle is so far behind the > curve, they haven't figured out that they don't need a lightweight version > of their flagship database for portable use. Sybase have SQL Anywhere for > lightweight use. > > I suppose you could use Cloudscape. Then if you ever need to synchronise > with a UNIX master database, you're onto a winner. I don't know much about > it, except that it's easy to synch up. > _ _________________________________________________________________ As expected, an excellent response from the clown, embodying the two main factors deemed essential in good newsgroup etiquette :- 1. Making valuable suggestions to questions raised 2. Knocking the big O Many thanks Clown. Regards Mr Creosote -- "Just a waffer thin mint?" Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.