Odp: [PHP-DB] DB Comparisons

Od: "Nathan Crause" <ncrause@mweb.co.za> Temat: Re: [PHP-DB] DB Comparisons > > Inprise is something I'm not too familar with, but might be worth the > > look since it's open source and free (I believe). I believe you mention Interbase. I'm working with this database for a long time (since 4.2 in 1997) and it's my favourite. First of all, now it's free (under somewhat modified MPL). It's available on many platforms (Win32, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX) without significant differencies (only on Win32 Services API is available however). On unix-like platforms you can choose between Classic and SuperServer architecture. Installation and maitenance is easy, you even do not need special admin person. Compared to M$ SQL is fast and robust. While it's not fully compliant with SQL-92 (lack of CASE reserved word), it has very powerful trigger engine. There's also one thing, that not too many DBMS have - UDF support. Almost any dynamic linking library can be used to enchance server capabilities. While Interbase/Inprise/Borland does not have special support for users, there are few sites, where you can obtain help 24/7 for free (newsgroups, mailing lists, www sites). Unfortunately, there are some bugs in php_interbase library now, but i believe they will be corrected in next releases. Cheers Jarek Zgoda