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Article #71Re: Which FreeWare/OpenSource Interbase is the best?
From: Paul
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:59
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:59
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"Bill Todd" <no@no.com> wrote: > How many users do SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 and MySQL each have? Loads. Not the point though. I think Loren Szendre put it best when he said that IB was good enough for ~ 90% of apps - if you want higher levels of whatever, go for Oracle (sorry if I've misquoted). > In terms of relative benefit to CodeGear providing drivers for Firebird > ranks with providing drivers for Pervasive and PostgreSQL. IMHO, the reason why Delphi has failed to make it to the big time is because of the BDE. Borland should have supported native component sets for Oracle, DB2, MSSQL, Sybase, Informix and Interbase (and possibly Ingres and SAP) from the get go. Paul... -- plinehan __at__ yahoo __dot__ __com__ XP Pro, SP 2, Oracle, 9.2.0.1.0 (Enterprise Ed.) Interbase 6.0.1.0; When asking database related questions, please give other posters some clues, like operating system, version of db being used and DDL. The exact text and/or number of error messages is useful (!= "it didn't work!"). Thanks. Furthermore, as a courtesy to those who spend time analysing and attempting to help, please do not top post.
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