Posts about softwares and people currently using Firebird as database engine
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Which opensource database to choose?
Hi,
I have realized that the “opensource” alternatives to commercial databases / operating system are growing really fast now.
My question to you: experts here are:What benefits will it be to select a firebird SQL database? What market will suit best for firebird SQL Databases? Regards Tomas
The product delivers anti-spam, anti-spyware, LinkScanner and anti-rootkit protection. The server-side installation was automated and included a Firebird database
RedDB (based on Firebird) is now supported by BSS, the largest banking software maker in Russia. Read more (translated with Google).
Inside the zip file you will find a nice pdf about why he uses Firebird and Euphoria Language example. I have uploaded the html version of the pdf here (transformed with pdftohtml)
Demonstration program for Firebird Server ODBC access using odbc.e and wxEuphoria with two-tone flexible datagrid. Uses the EMPLOYEE.FDB example database that comes standard with Firebird install.
This stored procedures script will display a report of what are the items the customer purchase within the given period of time.
One of the things I like with Firebird is their stored procedure features. In my experience with MSSQL and MySQL5 doing stored procedure has been easier with Firebird and yet powerful. I fell in love with it and making stored procedure as my usual solution for data manipulation.
There are usually only two reasons why a database can be corrupted in Firebird: 1) You copied the fdb-file while the Server was accessing it and 2) You don’t have forced writes enabled and the server shut down unexpectedly (e.g. power-outage)
Database recovery is done in four steps. Here’s how you do it:
Original article is in Portuguese, Google Translatation is here
DBA Software Inc., a leading provider of manufacturing (MRP) solutions for small business, announced that its decision two years ago to base its flagship product, DBA Manufacturing Next-Generation, on the Firebird™ open-source SQL database has been an unqualified success.
“MySQL gets all the publicity when it comes to open-source databases,” said Michael Hart, President of DBA Software, “but based on our experience, Firebird deserves a share of the limelight. MySQL is great for the Internet, but Firebird is perfectly suited for software applications such as our manufacturing package. It has a small footprint, is easy to install, requires no administration, and is fast, stable, and secure.”
Read more.
Some nice blog post about switching to Firebird Embedded on .Net
Firebird project seems to have an embeddable library for .NET available. I’ve successfully used Firebird database in my Delphi projects in the past and it was the perfect solution for a client-server architecture I’ve developed.
