On 27.03.2013 21:57, Kay Schenk wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Donald Whytock <dwhyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Just tossing this out...It seems Apache Derby is the one SQL-based >> DBMS in the Foundation. It's actively maintained, and, while it's >> written in Java, it still works in a client/server model and is >> therefore probably launchable. >> >> Since it's in the family and all, perhaps it can be bundled with OOo, >> if Base can be structured to use it? >> >> Don >> > Well Derby does seem to be "embed-able ". See: > > http://db.apache.org/derby/papers/DerbyTut/embedded_intro.html > > This has been suggested before, as early as 2006. See: > > http://markmail.org/message/kp5n2d5yzhprgpjm > > Still, is any embedded DB a good thing? Pros and cons... Yes, it is a good thing, actually a very good thing! :)
OTOH, removing the embedded database feature from AOO is really, really a *bad thing* for many reasons... ---rony P.S.: Not sure why hsqldb (<http://hsqldb.org/>) does not suffice anymore for an embedded database? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
