Re: PHP 5.0.0 Beta 1 : alternatives to MySQL?

Well, I will admit... I have been unsuccessful all day. I need it to run localy on my machine because I do a lot of work while I am traveling. Postgres seems nice, granted, if you can get it to work. Cygwin seemed to go onto my machine no problem, however, Postgres just couldn't start. Anyhow, does anyone know if they are ever planning on releasing a win copy? - Stan Sherwin M. Harris wrote:

For those unfamiliar with Postgres, there are wonderful tools like PGAdmin and PGAccess. You don't have to have a local copy of the database on your own machine. Cygwin is a little difficult but is definately doable. I don't think anyone should rule out Postgres, even without a full released Windows version, until they have looked at it. Here's your chance to justify your Linux box. My 2 cents, Sherwin Harris -----Original Message----- From: Markus Wolff [mailto:wolff@21st.de] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 4:24 PM To: Lukas Smith Cc: 'Stan Lemon'; pear-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PEAR] PHP 5.0.0 Beta 1 : alternatives to MySQL? Lukas Smith wrote:

The next Version of PostgreSQL (7.4, I believe) is supposed to have native Windows support without the need for Cygwin and the like. I don´t know when it´s gonna be out, though.

Ist not going to suppirt windoes natively. They dropped this for the 7.4 release.

*sigh* They should update their site every once in a while, then... too bad, I was going to propose Postgres as an alternative to MySQL and MSSQL at work, but I´ll never get that through if there´s no real Windows support without cranky emulation layers :-( Regards, Markus