[GRASS-user] Database for GRASS

[Hamner, Jesse Harrison]

Kurt,

I'm very pleased with MySQL's performance on both linux (Gentoo) and Mac OS
X; a big bonus for me is that I can use the ODBC connector for MySQL with my
statistics package (Stata) and the JDBC connector for MySQL with
OpenOffice's Base. Further, Perl's MySQL interface is very solid and lets me
script lots of GRASS commands and data extraction.

If you take the time to set up and learn a little MySQL, I think it's a
great database engine.

I haven't used FileMaker for years, though it was a godsend during the Mac
System 7.x and Mac OS 8.x days. Now, though, I can't see paying for the ODBC
connector when MySQL's versions work quite nicely.

Jesse

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kurt Springs <ferret_bard at mac.com>
> Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2007 11:33 pm
> Subject: [GRASS-user] Database for GRASS
> To: grassuser at grass.itc.it
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I have some questions as to which databases people are using with
>> grass.  I currently use Filemaker for as a database, but could never
>>
>> get it to link to GRASS.  I was wondering if this problem has been
>> resolved.  Otherwise, I am considering which database software would
>>
>> provide easy of use and still get the data I need ported to my GRASS
>>
>> GISs.  I contemplating Postgresql but it isn't all that intuitive.
>> How are MySQL and SQLite Browser?
>>
>> Kurt




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