Re: PostgreSQL and Firebird comparison via digg

Hmm, Why doesn't PostgreSQL support multithread?

Tiger

"Tony Caduto" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Donald Shimoda wrote:
Tony Caduto escribió:
http://digg.com/software/PostgreSQL_8_2_vs_Firebird_1_5_for_Enterprise_Use

Old comparison. FB actual version is 2.0.3.

And BTW, that kind of comments on Compiled External Function (UDF)
Support about firebird:


"A User Defined Function (UDF) is a mechanism provided to extend the
built-in functions InterBase provide. "

direct from:

"http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=ibp_howto6";

"The truth of the matter is, InterBase does not come with a very rich set
of built-in functions. Some common functions that are missing are modulo
arithmetic, floating point formatting routines, date manipulation routines
and string manipulation routines."

direct from:

http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=useful&id=deatz_udf



It's a generally know fact that in order to get access to functions most
other databases have built in, you HAVE to resort to UDFs to get that
functionality. Since most of these UDFs out there are not included with
FB, you run the risk of crashing your server because there is no guarantee
that they are of quality design. If the source is included you can of
course review it.

Now in Firebird 2.1 beta they have added some more built in functions, but
2.1 is not a production release yet and can't be used in any comparison.


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