MySQL, Oracle, DB2, PgSQL and Firebird versus Leap Years and Division by Zero
Some Leap Years and Division by Zeoro example in different database systems
Tag: mysql
Sun, MySQL and the return of integrated solutions
Post in ZDNet mentions Firebird. Check the excerpt from the full article:
There are many open source projects that offer respectable database technology including Axion, Firebird, MaxDB, PostgreSQL, Ingres and quite a number of others including an old friend, MUMPS (I was a software engineer at a company that created MUMPS-based solutions in the late Jurassic period)! If Sun tries to “squeeze” the users of MySQL, it is likely that these organizations will simply move to another platform and say goodbye to MySQL and Sun. Do you agree with my line of reasoning?
Sun buys MySQL
Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire MySQL. More information here.
Evaluating open-source DBs -Firebird Enterprise ready ?
The thread is on joelonsoftware.com and the question is about open source databases :
Quick issue, everyone. My company currently uses SQL Server, but we’re going to look at open-source databases because of MS’s crooked licensing rules (to be honest, they only have one SQL license, and are running it on a two-processor machine). They don’t want to shell out the extra $6,000 for another one, and I don’t blame them.
Firebird is the best in embedded area
Here is the full thread on nhibernat and the quote
“However, the thing that finally made us switch from SQLite to Firebird was the fact that it only support one open transaction at a time. This makes it essentially useless for multithreaded/multiuser applications. SQLite is excellent for some tasks, but if you have more than one thread/process accessing the database at the same time you really should consider using another database. ”
Open Source Code Contains Security Holes – Firebird moribund ??
From the FUD department Here is one sponsored article
The somewhat moribund Firebird project, for example, is listed with 195 identified defects, of which it has verified zero and fixed zero
New challenges, new synthax
Are Proprietary Databases Doomed?
Times of change are upon the database market. The major established database companies are being challenged by open source upstarts like MySQL and PostgreSQL. [Add firebird to the list too]
Facts about databases – blog post of the day
Use Firebird SQL Server, if you have the luxury to choose among many database systems.