Carl
> I'm enjoying this thread. :-)
It was getting a bit quiet there for a while
> I used to say "an SQL language stands or falls on the strength of it's
> optimiser". But since Interbase's optimiser is a steaming heap of dung,
but I'm confused..what part of IB did you enjoy? :-)
> I do think that Interbase is the best free (or very cheap)...
Or is it..or should I say will it be..hell I don't know (and neither does
anyone else)
Have you used postgreSQL? (I have a test project with MSSQL and postgreSQL)
that
I throw everything at (using ADOExpress on both!) before I use it - it's my
risk management
because tho postgreSQL can run under NT I am pragmatic enough to realise
that
if I go to a customer they will want either MS SQL or Oracle
Neven
----- Original Message -----
From: Carl Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, 19 December 2000 12:13
Subject: RE: [DUG]: Interbase
> I'm enjoying this thread. :-)
>
> I'll just add that that I've been using Interbase for over half of this
year
> (seems like forever really) and I have mixed feelings about it.
>
> I used to say "an SQL language stands or falls on the strength of it's
> optimiser". But since Interbase's optimiser is a steaming heap of dung,
> I've had to ditch that motto for now. Still this, more than anything, is
> what stops Interbase playing with the big boys IMHO.
>
> I don't like having to use IBX or IBO to get the job done - I wanted to
> retain the option to switch databases, or to support others, and it pisses
> me off that I've had to learn a new, weird and buggy way to do what I used
> to be able to do easily, just to satisfy Interbase. But IB6 doesn't even
> run with the BDE so I haven't had a lot of choice. I have a feeling that
> when DBExpress (D6) comes out we'll start switching over to that (ie. new
> and improved, more generic weird bugginess :-).
>
> I do think that Interbase is the best free (or very cheap) SQL product on
> the market. In some ways, it's the only real contender at all. I'm not
> interested in using anything that's not SQL based, and everything else
that
> I investigated was fundamentally flawed, buggy as hell, or simply
> incomplete. Interbase may have problems, but at least it's a real attempt
> at a database and at the end of the day it'll get your job done.
>
> My 2c. Any of you braindead M$ sycophants want to disagree? :-) :-) :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Carl
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