Re: [firebird-support] Does any Delphi component exist to access a FB database without DLLs?

2017-03-13 Thread Dimitry Sibiryakov s...@ibphoenix.com [firebird-support]
13.03.2017 12:33, Andrea Raimondi andrea.raimo...@gmail.com [firebird-support] wrote: > if I manage to keep the size small enough, it may be doable. With Delphi - no. > I know, only one copy is placed in memory, but you still need 1 copy per > application on disk. No, you don't need to

Re: [firebird-support] Does any Delphi component exist to access a FB database without DLLs?

2017-03-13 Thread Andrea Raimondi andrea.raimo...@gmail.com [firebird-support]
Dmitry, if I manage to keep the size small enough, it may be doable. And, I know, only one copy is placed in memory, but you still need 1 copy per application on disk. This is why I am looking to avoid using DLLs. On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Dimitry Sibiryakov s...@ibphoenix.com [firebird-su

Re: [firebird-support] Does any Delphi component exist to access a FB database without DLLs?

2017-03-13 Thread Dimitry Sibiryakov s...@ibphoenix.com [firebird-support]
13.03.2017 12:00, Andrea Raimondi andrea.raimo...@gmail.com [firebird-support] wrote: > Eastern world's phones can be really skimpy in memory size and a 1MB DLL > could be a big > deal, You cannot run Delphi application on such phones. > If I end up having - say - 10 apps that make use of FB

Re: [firebird-support] Does any Delphi component exist to access a FB database without DLLs?

2017-03-13 Thread Andrea Raimondi andrea.raimo...@gmail.com [firebird-support]
Hi Sean! I don't think they can be regarded as "contradictions" but rather different points of view. The problem is that you only look at your own phone and, possibly, more generally the phones in the West. That is fine but myopic, in my view. Eastern world's phones can be really skimpy in memor

Re: [firebird-support] Does any Delphi component exist to access a FB database without DLLs?

2017-03-13 Thread 'Carlos H. Cantu' lis...@warmboot.com.br [firebird-support]

Re: [firebird-support] Does any Delphi component exist to access a FB database without DLLs?

2017-03-12 Thread 'livius' liviusliv...@poczta.onet.pl [firebird-support]
RE: [firebird-support] Does any Delphi component exist to access a FB database without DLLs? Andrea, I find your post contains contradictions. > I am looking to write a mobile application. > I don't want to use SQLite because I think it's crap. OK > Firebird

RE: [firebird-support] Does any Delphi component exist to access a FB database without DLLs?

2017-03-12 Thread 'Leyne, Sean' s...@broadviewsoftware.com [firebird-support]
Andrea, I find your post contains contradictions. > I am looking to write a mobile application. > I don't want to use SQLite because I think it's crap. OK > Firebird seems just right, except that it comes with a massive DLL. "Massive"? Huh? The Firebird Client is ~1MB in size. What do you

[firebird-support] Does any Delphi component exist to access a FB database without DLLs?

2017-03-12 Thread Andrea Raimondi andrea.raimo...@gmail.com [firebird-support]
Hello! I am looking to write a mobile application. I don't want to use SQLite because I think it's crap. Firebird seems just right, except that it comes with a massive DLL. Because phones come in all sizes,I just can't be sure that it'll be downloaded if it's too big, so the first obvious saving