I think you're the first and only person I've ever heard say
anything good about the BDE since I first started with Delphi! And if it
works for you that's great!
I never even tried it because of what so many others had to say
about it and because of all the other alternatives out there. Of course now
it's too late because I can't use it in NET.
But Firebird has a very good reputation...one of the best out there...and
though I don't know how much of that reputation is merely based upon it
being free, for lack of anything better at the moment I'm giving it my best
shot.
As for mistrusting 3rd party developers, well that's just like
anything else. Some you can and some you can't. The tough part is figuring
out before you get burned which is which! My own study plan had included
learning SQL 3 years ago, but the database vendor I was using lied about
their products abilities, and much worse, their own! I waited three years
for them to get a stable SQL adapter out, just as I did something else they
said they had, a .NET ADO adapter, and finally gave up on them. Also their
promised documentation was never updated making it impossible to work with
their base system without constant questioning on their newsgroup, and who
has time to wait a minimum of 24 hours every time they need to know
something? Reasons can be acceptable up to a point, but excuses and lies I
simply cannot stomach!
from Robert Meek dba Tangentals Design CCopyright 2006
Proud to be a moderator of "The Delphi Lists" at elists.org
(["An unused program is the consequence of a higher logic!", nil]) As
written in The Compendium of Accepted Robotic and Surrlogic Theorems Used in
the Self Analysis of Elemental Positronic Pathways...1st Edition Revised
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of orca skynet
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:17 PM
To: Moderated discussion list about database programming with Borland's
Delphi
Subject: Firebirds and moderators ....
I also had a brief look at firebird same time ago and also came
to the same conclusion that there are easier things to get started with,
without hereby denying it's power, userbase or other possibilities.
Currently i'm still using BDE, and will be using it as long as ultimately
possible,
untill i come across a substitute that provides me with the same ease of
installation and implementation and enought guarantees for the future.
The main open question for me still is 'who will be my next trustworthy
database supplier' ...
Over time, multiple alternatives have been presented on this list, but my
main goal is not
to select the ultimate technological candidate, but a solid supplier, that
hopefully will
be around for some time, providing the support when needed, with hopefully a
large
userbase, that can support and enrich itself.
I have a very strong distrust regarding third-party suppliers, since i've
been left in the
dark on a couple of occasions. It's all to easy to present a product or
company as
being the ultimate solid solution in this era of internet marketing
A good poll in the delphi-talk userbase might shed some light on the matter
....
And to Robert : as far as your frustration with Firedbird is concerned : the
situation speaks
for itself wouldn't you think ?
my 2 cents worth ....
Lode :-)
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