Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!super!udel!princeton!njin!rutgers!bellcore!faline!thumper!ulysses!andante!alice!debra From: debra@alice.UUCP (Paul De Bra) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: database course Summary: what systems to use in database course Message-ID: <8239@alice.UUCP> Date: 26 Sep 88 15:47:29 GMT Sender: uucp@super.ORG Reply-To: debra@alice.UUCP () Organization: University of Antwerp Lines: 20 Hi Netlanders, I'm supposed to teach a course on "how to implement databases" (from general ideas to database scheme to working implementation on AT-class machines). It is a rather practical course, for students who supposedly know relational database theory and who have some basic programming skills. I would appreciate if someone could give me some advise on which database system to use. I was thinking of Oracle, but there is also a lot of talk about Informix, or maybe I should get yet another one? It has to have SQL for sure, and also has to be callable from C or Pascal or something. Is there anything decent that exists for both Messy Dos and Unix? It is easier if I can get the students going with Dos, so I don't have to teach them Unix as well. But once they are out in the real world, they should be able to get the same database on real computers too. Please e-mail to debra@research.att.com. Thanks in advance. Paul.