Re: Options for which DB to use???

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From: Alan Lichtenstein
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 15:44

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If you like Oracle, then stick with it...  Just plug in the ADO Oracle
Provider to get to your Oracle data.....


Chris Reiter wrote in message <3ac7fc7c$1_1@dnews>...
>I am trying to determine which DB should be used for a desktop application
I
>am developing.
>
>The main criteria I was going by are:
>    1.  No fees for deployment
>    2.  No BDE
>    3.  Fairly easy to deploy.
>
>I was thinking using Access and ADO, but the more I think about it, the
less
>I like the way Access works.  I work with Oracle everyday and I like the
>idea of using a DB that actually works like a DB should.
>
>What are non-BDE DB alternatives?  I could use ADO to ODBC so any ODBC
aware
>DB should fit the bill.  Interbase?  Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere??
>
>Any suggestions are welcome.
>
>
>
>
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