-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/22/07 03:43, Alban Hertroys wrote: > Paul Lambert wrote: >> G'day folks, >> >> I'm faily new to the world of Postgre so excuse me if these >> questions seem ignorant. >> >> My current employer develops a software package which runs on >> OpenVMS on HP Alpha/Itanium servers and contains a custom >> database comprised of various format text and binary files. >> I.e. not in a real database engine. > >> Having made a decision to port this SQL server database into >> Postgre I have a few questions before I get started: > > I was going to suggest running it on OpenVMS, but apparently it > isn't supported? > (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/supported-platforms.html) > > > I only know the name and that it's supposedly rather reliable. Is > it much different from your average UNIX? Recent versions have a "Unix compatibility" API, but, it's standard API is quite proprietary. And rich. The complete documentation comes (well, came, before PDF & html) on a *pallet*, and is called the Big Grey Wall for a reason. A truly awesome sight. And extremely well written. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFtMAhS9HxQb37XmcRAgrBAJ4zR7r0U6a8d6PSrPfmGjh0sYSuxACgiygG E6NWpsLJyG77fDhV7xEzAEc= =nhWl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
