Re: dbGonazles database for Delphi, Kylix and C++Builder

Marco
Date: 01/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 16:27:51 +0100

> That's why I plan on testing Firebird, which is OpenSource and works quite
> good with large databases. I didn't do any tests with Firebird, but it has
a
> large community (has its own Newsgroup server: news.atkin.com).

I use Firebird (and its father Interbase) since many years, whit a lot
of pleasure...and now with 1.5 release there is an embedded version with
no need of installation for mono installation. 

-- 
Marco Kregar
"Danijel Tkalcec" <dtkalcec@hotmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:bv5k9f$q4c$01$1@news.t-online.com...
> Thanks. I took a look at this. It's FlashFiler in its new clothes. I
bought
> FlashFiler a year ago (before it went open source), but I wasn't impressed
> with it. I thought that, if a database needs a repair utility, then it
can't
> really be safe. All real databases have ACID features (once commited,
stays
> in the database until deleted). Can't be sure the thing will work for a
year
> without having to repair it. I didn't do much with FlashFiler though,
> because they didn't support everything BDE supported and I wanted to
easilly
> switch to another database, without having to change my whole app.
> But, now it looks like I will have to write my app all over again, since
> allmost nothing I use works with .NET. The only thing I want to be sure of
> before I go and write the whole code from scratch, is that I won't have to
> do it again in a year or so.
> That's why I plan on testing Firebird, which is OpenSource and works quite
> good with large databases. I didn't do any tests with Firebird, but it has
a
> large community (has its own Newsgroup server: news.atkin.com).
>
> I will probably go for Firebird if nothing better comes along. Anyway,
> thanks for your advice :)
>
> Best Regards,
> Danijel Tkalcec
>
> "Lauchlan M" <LMackinnon@NOSPAMHotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:40164b06$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> > > PS. I'm asking all those questions because I would like to know if
your
> > > databse will meet my needs and keep its promisses after several years
of
> > > intensive usage. I am looking for a new database to move my Accounting
> > > software from old BDE implementation (now using Intebase on large
> systems,
> > > Paradox on small systems) to something that will work under .NET.
> > >
> > > By the way ... does purchasing one Database license from you give me
the
> > > right to distribute all my application with your database engine
embeded
> >
> > Have you looked at NexusDB ( www.nexusdb.com )? Have a look at their
> webpage
> > and ask questions on their newsgroup if interested . . .
> >
> > It is a relational database in production that meets the needs you
> mention.
> > Since it is not an OO database (in the usual sense of the term: it is OO
> in
> > its internal architecture and design) and therefore in a different
market
> to
> > the product advertised in this thread, and is in production rather than
> > beta, I have no qualms mentioning it here! <g>
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Lauchlan M
> >
> >
>
>

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