At 10:48 am 8/08/02, you wrote: >Haven't decided to go with any database yet, simply investigating all my >available options again. >It's been a while since I've done this sort of thing having worked >previously with large corps using commercial databases. >Obviously in this case I am looking at using a royalty free (i.e. open >source) SQL database. >So if someone can list my options and what's the most popular with Delphi >that would be great. Basically I want something that's easy to distribute >and reliable. (Setup and forget if that's possible)
While I agree that Interbase / Firebird is a definite consideration, there is one other that you may wish to consider. DBISAM is exceptional as a no-nonsense SQL database, single user, multi-user, client server and remote connection. Although the database requires a purchase, you can develop and test without purchase. Installation is as simple as distributing the EXE - client server databases require an installation program to install the server app on the server. Plus it has a really nifty SQL tool with reverse engineering and SQL to/from Delphi code and everything from a third party (me) at http://trader.co.nz/tools Steve --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
