*BSD News Article 88599


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From: Jesse <jesseh@on-ramp.ior.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: database, web-interface
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 21:59:19 -0800
Organization: Internet On-Ramp, Inc.
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On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Johannes Frick wrote:

:Hello,
:
:I have two questions concerning my FreeBSD 2.1.5 Web Server:
:
:does anyone know of a good and cheap (free) database
:thing that I could use. It should have the capability
:to handle a few thousand different items. Anything with
:a built-in Web-interface would be great. Maybe something 
:that is like excites search-engine "make your own homepage
:searchable" (the software does not run on FreeBSD).
:
:what about security? Is there something that I can use
:to ensure that just one input-form is handled in a
:secure transaction mode?
:
:Any help would be greatly appreciated
:
:Johannes Frick
:

Don't know a lot about secure transactions, there are a lot of levels to
be concerned with in addition to the transmission of the transaction. But
anyway.

You might see if there is a port of MSQL or Postgress for FreeBSD. 

Jesse Hires      Technical Support Supervisor     Internet On-Ramp, Inc
Spokane:(509)624-RAMP                      Coeur D'Alene:(208)ON-RAMP-5
                 I used to have a grip on life
                 ....but then the handle broke
       Now I have a really really good grip on nothing at all