Re: Delphi/C++Builder new thing in database area
- From: "Nathaniel L. Walker" <NatLWalker@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 16:06:05 -0600
Yes, but other databases allow me to not do this. You simply attach
the database to that server instance, or create the database and all the
files are stored in a "standard place" (for that database) without having
to worry about where to put files and defining aliases.
I like solutions which "eliminate" that step.
Also, there is next to no documentation for Firebird, which is sad
considering how long the project has been "alive".
The closest thing you can come to Firebird documentation is the Interbase
6.0 documentation, and I'd like something that was a bit more up-to-date
than those.
- Nate.
"Antti Kurenniemi" <NOantti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Nathaniel L. Walker" <NatLWalker@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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InterBase is a nice product but it's expensive. There's an Open Source
Edition but it's OLD!!! Like version 6.0. Firebird looks good but
there's next to no documentation. Even the QuickStart documentation
looks poorly put together (maybe I should fix that for them, instead of
complaining). Anyways, the way they manage database files isn't really
practical for my solution (having to use a filename, etc.) so I am using
something that looks a bit more like everything else.
If you mean when connecting, then it's not so: Firebird server supports
aliases, which you define on the server and then you can use those to
connect. They're super easy to configure (add an entry to a configuration
file, like "MyDummyDatabase = c:\database.fdb"), and you're all set. Then
to connect, you connect to "server:alias", as in
"127.0.0.1:MyDummyDatabase". Works like a champ, and very easy to maintain
if you need to move databases or reorganize your server or anything like
that.
Antti Kurenniemi
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