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Article #15853Re: The Minimum You Need to Know to Be an OpenVMS Application Developer
From: toby
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 09:30
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 09:30
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Christopher Browne wrote:
> Clinging to sanity, "toby" <toby@telegraphics.com.au> mumbled into her beard:
> > davidc@montagar.com wrote:
> >> >From the description, this looks like an excellent book for a new
> >> OpenVMS Programmer. Thanks for the effort in putting this bok together.
> >
> > It does look interesting. As a hobbyist I wish I could justify the $90
> > - but coincidentally my day job is currently building MySQL
> > applications on other operating systems. It's fascinating that MySQL
> > has made it to VMS and is considered a useful component there (too) -
> > whether one approves of MySQL or not ;-)
>
> I have a hard time fathoming how MySQL would be of interest on a
> platform that has a full-fledged ISAM system, RMS, *built into the
> operating system*, but I suppose there are all types out there...
MySQL is a rather different animal. For one thing, it offers SQL out of
the box. Its popularity elsewhere means that skills can be transferred;
MySQL is easy to configure and maintain. Web applications built for the
LAMP stack become portable to VMS. MySQL offers transactions and
replication (and v5 includes triggers, stored procedures, and the
kitchen sink). Just a few things that come immediately to mind.
> --
> output = ("cbbrowne" "@" "ntlug.org")
> http://linuxdatabases.info/info/rdbms.html
> "I heard that if you play the Windows CD backward, you get a satanic
> message. But that's nothing compared to when you play it forward: It
> installs Windows...." -- G. R. Gaudreau
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