2010/1/31 Zaher Dirkey <parm...@gmail.com> > > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys < > graemeg.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 31 January 2010 01:52, Marc Weustink <m...@dommelstein.net> wrote: >> >> If it is to be for the FPC website too, then Firebird is a must. >> > >> > When talking databases, I'd prefer Postgresql. >> >> Postgresql eluded me for many years (I don't know why). I was >> pleasantly surprised when I took a look at Postgresql a few months >> ago. A very nice database system and with excellent tools and >> documentation. >> >> Saying that, Postgresql is a bit more advanced than Firebird, in the >> sense of setup, maintenance etc. So people with limited time, I would >> still recommend Firebird. Firebird has the benefit of a "deploy and >> forget" style and hardly needs maintenance afterwards. >> >> > Firebird has less features than Postgresql but Postgresql has bad client > (for me), I prefer FirebirdSQL. > > > -- > Zaher Dirkey > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org > http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus > > Postgresql admittedly has a steep initial learning curve, but once you have that behind you, it interfaces seamlessly with the sqldb components in Lazarus/FPC. I have been using Lazarus/FPC/Postgres for a commercial app and I have not had any hiccups with it. It does what it is told and does so reliably. What's more - it is a cross-platform RDBMS as well. Runs as sweetly on Linux et. al. as it does on Windows.
-- Alex du Plessis
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