Oracle & IBM (DB2) also have free versions with similar restrictions to SQL Server Express if you want to use a *real* database :-)
John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neven MacEwan Sent: Friday, 23 March 2007 10:14 a.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] SQL 2005 express Berend How do you rate the following "free" databases MS SQL Express MySQL PostgreSQL Firebird Neven > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > >>>>>> "Neven" == Neven MacEwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>>>> > > >> Quite true, InterBase/FireBird aren't playing in the same > >> league as SQL Server. > > Neven> Are you trying to wind Richard up?! I thought that was my > Neven> domain? > > Richard will agree. If you want to store 1 billion rows and have > hundreds of tables and complex joins, you do not want to employ > InterBase. > > I've successfully used InterBase on projects that stored 100,000s of > rows without issues. But it simply isn't targeting a certain segment > of the market. Which is perfectly fine. > > - -- > All the best, > > Berend de Boer > > > PS: This email has been digitally signed if you wonder what the > strange characters are that your outdated email client displays. > PGP public key: http://www.pobox.com/~berend/berend-public-key.txt > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 > <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> > > iD8DBQFGAihqIyuuaiRyjTYRAgVnAJ4jjGF2+hGcbsaTKxV32S25H0uAkQCfWfgY > N1ShNpJDYyYigx294mqJ+/Q= > =reyO > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > Delphi@ns3.123.net.nz > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list Delphi@ns3.123.net.nz http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list Delphi@ns3.123.net.nz http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
