OpenEuphoria

Re: RDBMS for DOS and Windows

• Posted by Brian Jackson <bjackson at 2FARGON.COM> Feb 24, 2000
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2000 08:58:38 -0500, Bernie Ryan <LockCityData at CS.COM> wrote:
>
>  Brian:
>
>  Why couldn't he run windows on a workstation with a window's
>  Novel network client. This would keep other Novell stuff working.
>  Then that workstation could access the SQL database or be used as
>  a SQL server to the dos workstation, If this worked he could eventually
>  move more all the workstations to windows.
>
> Bernie

I suppose that running a Windows box as an SQL server might be an option,
but it's a pricey one.  A copy of NT Workstation (absolute minimum for a
server) will be what, around $250?.  It'll cost about $170 to license MySQL
for Windows.  Then you've got programming time to figure out how to make
DOS workstations talk to a WinNT workstation using IPX.  Only after that
can you design a database.  Eeeew.

I hate to say it, but think that programming in C might be the way to go.
If you avoid all the C++ junk and just code in good old-fashioned Borland
Turbo-C v 5, it ought to be fairly easy to accomplish using the BTrieve
routines.  It's not THAT big of a jump from Euphoria to C.  I wish I had a
better suggestion, but short of upgrading the workstations to Windows or
converting the whole system over to Linux, I can't come up with anything
that will work with Eu.

Brian