On 18-Aug-04 John Pettigrew wrote:
The only things you need to be careful of are that you install the right conduit for Rekall (each database engine has its own conduit, which SUSE have packages as separate RPMs) and that you set the DBMS running using YaST's runlevel editor. Each DBMS probably needs a little configuring first, but MySQL (at least) gives you explicit instructions of what to do when you install it.
I have heard good things about Rekall. Is it on the SuSE install disks even if not installed by default? How about the various conduits you talk about. Are they also on the install disks. I have never been much of a DBA myself, however I do need the ability to have one DB on the LAN which is addressable via either JDBC or the Mac Os X Enterprise Object Frameworks from remote machines on the LAN including one that is the Web server. I have learned that security is much more solid if the DB is NOT on the same machine as the Web server and the access to the DB is via JDBC or Ent. Objects. The complexity of the various client DBs I create is not that great. 4 to 8 tables max and 3 or 4 relations usually handle all my needs. Having a good GUI front end is a benefit and, IMHO, is one of the disadvantages of ORACLE, not to mention the little ORACLE quarks which make it much harder to learn. john ----------------------------------- John N. Alegre o Andante Systems o eCommerce Consulting o Custom Web Development <*{{{{}>< ------------------------------------