On May 15, 2007, at 2:10 PM, Bart Silverstrim wrote: > 1) Does RS still offer a free standard version of RealBASIC for Linux? > Where is the download if that is still true?
Yes. It's on their main download page: http://realsoftware.com/download > 2) The database in RealBASIC...does the standard version come with > this? The standard version comes with REAL SQL Database, a single-user database engine based on SQLite. It's very fast and very powerful. Additionally, it uses the same API as most other databases, so you can code your app using REAL SQL Database to get up and running, and then migrate to a multi-user system by changing only a few lines of code. > Is the standard version any different from the Pro version, > database-wise? Has anyone done any comparisons recently against other > database servers (i.e., am I better off using RealBASIC's database or > trying to interface a RealBASIC server application with a MySQL > database > on Linux as the back-end?) Only the pro version allows access to database servers, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and REAL SQL Server. The great part is that (as mentioned above), they all use the same API, so switching your code between them is trivial (assuming your SQL statements are database- agnostic). > 3) If I tried it and it worked well, how difficult is it to upgrade to > the Pro version? Should the standard version be wiped off the system > then install pro, or will it upgrade seamlessly? (this would most > likely be on an Ubuntu 7.04 system) Or has no one tried this? I believe they use the same executable and only differ in the license code you enter. > 4) What, if anything, does RB have in line of encryption support, > preferably without resorting to plugins? I'd like to have some of the > socket connections encrypted for some of the data transfers. Are > there > code examples and/or articles on encryption and RB? I can't help too much with this one, but I'm pretty sure you can do SSL sockets with the pro version. Hope this helps! -- Brad Rhine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bradrhine.com Tangelo: Web Publishing... With A Twist! _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
