On 24/11/2010 16:54, Scott Ramey wrote: > Thanks Uwe. > > I took a quick look at Firebird SQL and came away with the following > observations: > Smaller community than MySQL or PostgreSQL. > Good foundation based on Interbase. > Firebird Embedded has a shortcoming since it opens the database in > exclusive mode. This nullifies the small footprint advantage. That is no longer true with FB 2.5, see note under SuperClassic - http://www.firebirdsql.org/rlsnotesh/rlsnotes25.html#rnfb25-engine
Werner > Although probably half my installations are single user in practice, it would > be > problematic and more time consuming to have separate single and multi user > versions of the software. > > All said and done, PostgreSQL seems to be either best of all choices or least > of > all evils. > >> PostgreSQL is a very good advice if you go for a multiuser only solution. >> If you plan to deploy by server or embedded database and want a small >> footprint > and easy administration, >> you should try Firebird. > http://www.firebirdsql.org > > Uwe > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users > Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users > This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users > Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected] > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
