On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 11:06:16AM -0400, Goulet, Richard wrote: > From past experience (which had the same motives) take a serious > look at PostGreSql(http://www.postgresql.org/). The latest versions > have a lot in common with Oracle, though not everything, so it's a lot > easier to transition from one to the other. yeah, these guys are fabulous. They have a very stable bunch of developers and their code testifies to that. And you can purchase support if needed: http://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_support Very serious db software. We've use it in production for years for many apps. Cisco SAN network managment app supports it as does our enterprise wiki from atlassian. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l