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On 22 Aug 2001 02:00:32 GMT, Tomasz Wegrzanowski <taw@pb220.legnica.sdi.tpnet.pl>:
> In article <slrn9o61a3.g1v.keeling@infidel.spots.ab.ca>, hairetikos wrote:
> > On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 11:45:42 -0400, chang <chang_shen@progressive.com>:
> >> 
> >> I am looking for a relational database supported by gcc/c/c++ and is
> >> GNU/FSF/OSF type.
> > 
> > MySQL.
> 
> Only PostgreSQL.

Sorry, you're right.  It's free except if you intend to make money off
it, then licences (cheap) and support (cheap) are available.  But the
source is GPL'd; that's what the hubbub between NuSphere and MySQL AB
is all about.

> >> It also supports image, user function and user data type.
> > 
> > I don't know what those are.  See www.mysql.com; or google "mysql+blah". 
> 
> MySQL doesn't support user data types well.

With "text" and "blob" families, why's a user data type necessary?
Sorry, don't know what those are.

> Postgresql supports user data types, and user functions in C, Perl, SQL and
> own procedural language. And you can use other compiled languages
> as far as they are binary-compatible with C.
> 
> Examples are in `<postgresql source>/contrib'.
> 
> And i don't know about images. Do you need more than just
> storage/retrieval ?

That's what "blob" is for.

MySQL doesn't have some things.  Read the manual.  Maybe it can be
worked around.


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