Re: Base without HSQL support?

2019-06-10 Thread Jean-Pierre Ledure
@Wol, Le 9/06/19 à 14:05, Wols Lists a écrit : On 09/06/19 11:32, Jean-Pierre Ledure wrote: The concept of "embedded" database is - at most - a nice-to-have feature. A Base application embedding in the same single file both the logic and the data is 1. unmaintainable (a. You cannot prepare a

Re: Base without HSQL support?

2019-06-09 Thread Wols Lists
On 09/06/19 11:32, Jean-Pierre Ledure wrote: > The concept of "embedded" database is - at most - a nice-to-have feature. > > A Base application embedding in the same single file both the logic and > the data is 1. unmaintainable (a. You cannot prepare a new version. b. > You cannot use 3rd party

Re: Base without HSQL support?

2019-06-09 Thread Jean-Pierre Ledure
Hi, Le 6/06/19 à 00:00, Drew Jensen a écrit : I think that if the project really wants to be aggressive on ditching HSQL, as with 6.4, then right now and thru to the 6.4 release there should be a TDF emphasize on getting people to make the migration from HSQL odb files. Either to Firebird embe

Re: Base without HSQL support?

2019-06-06 Thread Drew Jensen
On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 11:41 AM Caolán McNamara wrote: > On Wed, 2019-06-05 at 18:00 -0400, Drew Jensen wrote: > > > > Should the Migration Assistant be enabled by default yes, but the > > default button on the Dialog box which opens when the connection to > > an HSQL datasource is created stays

Re: Base without HSQL support?

2019-06-06 Thread Caolán McNamara
On Wed, 2019-06-05 at 18:00 -0400, Drew Jensen wrote: > Howdy, > > I'm just going to jump into it. > > If the question is; should Base not include the HSQL driver in the > 6.3 release I would say no. Fair enough, I imagine we'll still have hsqldb in 6.3 then. > Should Firebird Embedded SDBC be

Re: Base without HSQL support?

2019-06-06 Thread julien2412
Hello, IMHO, considering the number of bugs related to Firebird, I think Firebird should be put back to experimental. Indeed, here is the list of migration part only: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116968 Moreover, this interesting link shows there's some (not trivial) work t

Re: Base without HSQL support?

2019-06-06 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 06/06/2019 à 00:00, Drew Jensen a écrit : For my 2c : > Right now if the ODB file with HSQL does not have any of the following > data types, decimal, numeric, Image(Blob), Date, Time or TIMESTAMP, the > data transfer will succeed. How many odb files would have one or more of > those IDK but gu

Base without HSQL support?

2019-06-05 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, I'm just going to jump into it. If the question is; should Base not include the HSQL driver in the 6.3 release I would say no. Should Firebird Embedded SDBC be the default selection for new Base files, I'm agnostic. But Yes to include it as an option (without needing experimental mode). H