A good cross platform database

Hey all,
I am needing to use a database in a program and i have been using a ms access database for now but am irratated with the odbc thing and a text file is horrible so i am wondering if there is some java based, prefrebly free database which can be used on many different systems.

MySQL? (http://www.mysql.com)
PostgreSQL? (http://www.postgresql.org/)
Firebird? (http://firebird.sourceforge.net/)
All great dbservers that have more than adequate JDBC drivers. Firebird seems to be the more popular dbms with stored procedure support, but since you were using Access, MySQL should be more than enough for you and it's easy to setup.

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If you want a DAW that is cross platform, you have the choice between Cubase, ProTools and Live. Cubase is probably the most Logic-like but considering the full-of-bugs reputation it has, I'd stay away from it. ProTools is great but you'll need dedicated hardware. That left us with the last but not the least: Live. Altough people think this is a loopy, djing kind-of-software, it's a pretty good DAW by itself, even if you're working in a more traditionnal, linear way. I used to do the bulk of my composition work with Logic and do the audio edition with ProTools. Now, the more I use Live, the more I don't use the other two anymore. And believe me, even if that asks you to think differently at the beginning, it gets very addictive!

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http://www.emc.com/techlib/abstract.jsp?id=1774
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Oracle Database Migration 10g between Cross Platform...!

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Like to know any is there any third party tool
available in the market for cross platform EASY database migration
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available now.Looking for similar type.
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Hello guys,
i am currently on a project for migrating oracle databases from one platform to another platform (both platforms are on the same endianess):
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http://youngcow.net/doc/oracle10g/backup.102/b14191/dbxptrn002.htm#CHDEEEAG
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Hello,
Anurag Tibrewal wrote:
If the source platform and the target platform are of different endianness, then an additional step must be done on either the source or target platform to convert the tablespace being transported to the target format. Of course .. in this case you can not use the "Cross-Platform Transportable Database" - you have to use the "Cross-Platform Tranportable Tablespace" (with RMAN CONVERT DATAFILE or TABLESPACE).
Anurag Tibrewal wrote:
If they are of the same endianness, then no conversion is necessary and tablespaces can be transported as if they were on the same platform.Yes, but oracle provides this with RMAN and the command "RMAN CONVERT DATABASE" .. as i already wrote i have already performed the two ways "RMAN CONVERT DATABASE" and "just copy & paste" and both are working fine.
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RMAN Full Database restore cross platforms

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I have a database 10.2.0.3 running on Solaris 10 OS.
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Sarat Chandra C wrote:
Thanks for the referance. I now understand that I may not be able to use transportable database command to transport the entire db. However there is a line in the +"Restrictions on Cross-Platform Transportable Database"+ which says +"The principal restriction on cross-platform transportable database is that the source and destination platform must share the same endian format. For example, while you can transport a database from Microsoft Windows to Linux for x86 (both little-endian), or from HP-UX to AIX (both big-endian), you cannot transport a whole database from HP_UX to Linux for x86 using this feature. You can, however, create a new database on a destination platform manually, and transport needed tablespaces from the source database using cross-platform transportable tablespace as described in "Cross-Platform Tranportable Tablespace: CONVERT DATAFILE or TABLESPACE"."+
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Regards!
SaratSarat,
The same restriction that is there for the transport of the whole database lies completely true for the transportable tablespace as well if you are going for the cross platform. Endian must match across the platforms than only you can do this otherwise, as like the database feature, you need to convert the source file to the target endian.
If you look at the reference doc for the Trasnport Tablespace command,
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14194/rcmsynta063.htm#RCMRF1919
This restriction is documented there besides other restrictions
>
Restrictions and Usage Notes
The limitations on creating transportable tablespace sets described in Oracle Database Administrator's Guide apply to transporting tablespaces from backup, with the exception of the requirement to make the tablespaces read-only.
TRANSPORT TABLESPACE does not perform endian format conversion. If the target platform has a different endian format, then you must use the RMAN CONVERT command to perform the separate step of converting the endian format of the datafiles in the transportable set.
>
HTH
Aman....

E-business database migration to linux (Cross platform) using datapump

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I'm trying to design a program that could be used on both OSX and WinXP and my thought is to go for Java. My friend wants to use C++ so my question is.. will the C++ code that works on windows compile in Xcode and work?

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Steps to create Cross-Platform Transportable Tablespaces

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