From: Chris Casey [Chris.Casey@HendersonNOSPAM.com]
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 3:35 AM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Re: is there a database available for VMS hobby

Take a look at Cache from Intersystems.
This is one of the fastest and most scaleable databases around for VMS.
It's predecessor DSM used to produce benchmark figures that scared the hell
out of Oracle and Rdb.
(www.intersys.com)

Zane H. Healy wrote in message ...
>Glenn C. Everhart <Everhart@gce.com> wrote:
>> There are a few dbms systems that are available.
>> DBAG is a dBase III sorta-clone dbms for example. RIM is
>> an adequate single user dbms (also available interfaced to
>> AnalytiCalc spreadsheet as Analyrim).
>
>Anyone have any real pointers to these?  I'm assuming RIM isn't part of the
>Analyrim package.  It looks like the only place they might be are on some
of
>the DECUS tapes, which brings up another question, is there any kind of
list
>of what is on the DECUS VMS tapes?
>
>> There are a number of simpler packages around also. For a
>> good multi-user dbms, I suspect porting PostgreSQL might be
>> one of the better alternatives. It is related to university
>> Ingres; there was (maybe is sorta: CA got it) a commercial
>> Ingres that at one time at least ran on VMS.
>
>I actually took a look at PostgreSQL or whatever it's called these days a
>few months ago...  Only I can't seem to remember what I found...  How
>irritating!  I know the source is still in my user directory.  I also was
>thinking mySQL might be a candidate.  Overall though I think it sounds as
if
>Interbase might be the best candidate since it has at least run on VMS at
>one point in its life.
>
> Zane
>