I'm not Berend but here is my 2.5c anyway. MySql is not free except in very limited situations. If you are using it for a desktop app, you will need to purchase a license unless the app is gpl'ed.
MS Sql Express is very good if you can live within the limitations. It is robust and can handle quite large numbers of users. You can download free tools from Microsoft that are mostly acceptable. I haven't played much with Firebird yet. My main beef was case sensitivity so I ended up using a Brazilian collations. The ability to use an embedded database enginge and later swat to c/s could be useful. I must look at it again someday. Regards Sean Cross IT Systems Development Manager Catalyst Risk Management PO Box 230 50 Dalton St Napier 4140 DDI: 06-8340362 mobile: 021 270 3466 Visit us at http://www.catalystrisk.co.nz/ Offices in Auckland, Napier, Wellington & Christchurch Disclaimer: "The information contained in this document is confidential to the addressee(s) and may be legally privileged. Any view or opinions expressed are those of the author and may not be those of Catalyst Risk Management. No guarantee or representation is made that this communication is free of errors, viruses or interference. If you have received this e-mail message in error please delete it and notify me. Thank you." > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:delphi- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neven MacEwan > Sent: Friday, 23 March 2007 10:14 a.m. > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: Re: [DUG] SQL 2005 express > > Berend > > How do you rate the following "free" databases > > MS SQL Express > MySQL > PostgreSQL > Firebird > > Neven > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > >>>>>> "Neven" == Neven MacEwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>>>> > > > > >> Quite true, InterBase/FireBird aren't playing in the same > > >> league as SQL Server. > > > > Neven> Are you trying to wind Richard up?! I thought that was my > > Neven> domain? > > > > Richard will agree. If you want to store 1 billion rows and have > > hundreds of tables and complex joins, you do not want to employ > > InterBase. > > > > I've successfully used InterBase on projects that stored 100,000s of > > rows without issues. But it simply isn't targeting a certain segment > > of the market. Which is perfectly fine. > > > > - -- > > All the best, > > > > Berend de Boer > > > > > > PS: This email has been digitally signed if you wonder what the > strange > > characters are that your outdated email client displays. > > PGP public key: http://www.pobox.com/~berend/berend-public-key.txt > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 > <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> > > > > iD8DBQFGAihqIyuuaiRyjTYRAgVnAJ4jjGF2+hGcbsaTKxV32S25H0uAkQCfWfgY > > N1ShNpJDYyYigx294mqJ+/Q= > > =reyO > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Delphi mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [email protected] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
