Re: The Minimum You Need to Know to Be an OpenVMS Application Developer

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From: toby
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 04:39

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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...

A very interesting page which covers a variety of databases on VMS
(including MySQL) is Neil Rieck's
http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/docs/rms_rdb_notes.html

> --
> 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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