M,
FreeIB??? Got a URL for me?? I guess a freeware implementation of IBX??
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--Donovan
Donovan J. Edye [www.edye.wattle.id.au]
Namadgi Systems, Delphi Developer
Web: www.namsys.com.au E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Voice: +61 2 6285-3460 Fax: +61 2 6285-3459
TVisualBasic = Class(None);
------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Myles Penlington
> Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 1999 09:25
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: RE: [DUG]: Databases....
>
>
> If using IBX you still need to install the interbase client on the client
> machines.
>
> We have been using the FreeIB upon which IBX was based, and it works very
> well, the best part being no BDE setup required. Have not yet
> moved to using
> IBX. We did make some minor changes to the FreeIB source to improve
> something's.
>
> I think you will find IBX faster than via ADO, just due to less software
> layers being used and also IBX talks directly to the Interbase server,
> compared to ADO having to use ODBC to talk to the IB server.
>
> If using ADO you will need to install the Interbase ODBC driver on the
> client machines and configure the ODBC setup. Of course if IB at sometime
> ships with a direct ADO/OLE DB provider, then this would even the equation
> out and perhaps favour the ADO approach for pure portability between DB
> reasons.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Donovan J. Edye [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 1999 11:02
> > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> > Subject: [DUG]: Databases....
> >
> > G'Day All,
> >
> > I am looking for some advice. Currently we have a real time
> system that is
> > running off Paradox as the back end. It appears however that the DBMS is
> > getting close to its use by date so a "real" DBMS is being
> considered (Why
> > now only was my question too). At present the contenders are:
> >
> > - MS-SQL7
> > - Interbase 5.x
> > - MySQL
> >
> > My only previous experience is with M$ so I need to broaden my
> perspective
> > here. IB & MySQL have the benefit of having Linux cousins so
> they have an
> > advantage there. IB also has IBX. Can someone tell me about there
> > experiences with IBX?? In not using the BDE what does it use?
> Can IB also
> > be
> > accessed via ADO? Is ADO the new route to go down in terms of
> DB access??
> >
> > Any pointers, suggestions, FAQs, ReadMe etc. would be greatly
> > appreciated.......
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --Donovan
> > Donovan J. Edye [www.edye.wattle.id.au]
> > Namadgi Systems, Delphi Developer
> > Web: www.namsys.com.au E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Voice: +61 2 6285-3460 Fax: +61 2 6285-3459
> > TVisualBasic = Class(None);
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -
> > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------
> New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
