Re: Publicly accessible database server for interface testing

In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.960424184843.30552D-100000@ucs.orst.edu>, Joachim Zaspel <zaspelj@ucs.orst.edu> wrote: : For a class project I want to write a JAVA application that queries a : relational database and outputs the result in some form. However, the : university does not have one database server that students can play : with. Is there a publicly accessible server somewhere? : : I appreciate all comments and suggestions. : Why not just set up your own server? If you have access to a Unix box with a cooperative system admin, there is a fairly good shareware SQL database server (free to academic users) called mSQL that should meet your needs. Take a look at http://Hughes.com.au/ It's not too difficult to install on most flavors of Unix, but does require root privs to set up. If you have a _really_ tight budget, you could even use Linux on a PC. I know people who are using it under Linux. The 'm' of mSQL stands for 'mini' -- it supports a limited subset of SQL commands, but what it does it does well. -------- Matthew.Healy@yale.edu Center for Medical Informatics, Yale School of Medicine On the WWW, hotlinks are the sincerest form of flattery http://paella.med.yale.edu/~healy/matt_healy.html