[Mono-list] Advice: Porting SQL Server app to Mono, what should I target

[Joseph Hill]

Hi Dan,

Thank you.  I should have made that caveat in my last message.  The Forums
are currently being run on my development server (on my personal DSL),
rather than my production server (like the other mono projects.)  
Unfortunately, this does mean that that box is highly unstable.  I've
reset it; hopefully that means it will be up for a while...

Going forward, Steve Deobald is making arrangements for cityhost.ca to
provide a more stable hosting environment to us as we try to move some of
the gotmono forums over to actually run on Mono.  We will probably have
some announcements regarding this in the near future.

Thanks again,

Joseph

> Hi Joseph,
> I went to http://www.arcfocus.com/AspNetForums/ and I'm seeing HTTP 500
> errors when I go into the forums.  Is your PostgreSQL server down?
>
> -Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:mono-list-admin@lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Hill
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 12:19 PM
> To: guy@jamwarehouse.com
> Cc: mono-list@lists.ximian.com
> Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Advice: Porting SQL Server app to Mono, what
> should
> I target
>
> Hello Guy,
>
> I've had very good luck porting SQL Server apps over to PostgreSQL.  There
> is not perfect feature parity there, but it is close enough to get the job
> done very well, and PostgreSQL seems to be very powerful and stable.
>
> So far, I've ported the IBuySpy Portal (
> http://www.arcfocus.com/PortalCS/DesktopDefault.aspx ) and the ASP.NET
> Forums ( http://www.arcfocus.com/AspNetForums/ ) to run on Mono with
> PostgreSQL.
>
> If you're interested in seeing how these apps work, you can find
> instructions and download the apps from the Projects section on
> www.gotmono.com ( http://www.arcfocus.com/gotmono/ )
>
> Also, I have a short overview of what was involved in the porting process
> on
> my website, here:
> http://www.arcfocus.com/arcfocus/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=3&tabid=5
>
> Hope that helps.  Please let me know if you have any questions,
>
> Joseph Hill
>
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> Hello All,
>
>
>
> I am sure this is a fairly common problem. I am porting a Enterprise
> application (M$ .NET, C# and SQL Server) to Mono-1.
>
>
>
> Which are the best SQL platforms to target? (Compatibility vs.
> Stability/Enterprise Features)
>
> -          PostGreSQL
>
> -          SAP DB
>
> -          Interbase
>
> -          mySQL  - does not have a good rep for Enterprise-apps.
>
> -          DB 2
>
> -          Sybase - I assume this is most compatible, as they share common
> roots. But is this open-source and stable?
>
> -          Are there any others?
>
>
>
> Lastly, how do the existing db-libs stack up in terms of stability?
>
>
>
> Many Thanks
>
> ---===---
>
> Guy Langston - guy@jamwarehouse.com
>
> Senior Software Architect [ http://www.langston.org.za/~guy/blog/ ]
>
>
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