[Firebird-test] need help

[<im...@yo...>]

I am in need of some advice/help. We are planning on switching to IB or
Firebird as a replacement for SQL Server. I've spent the last week doing
some research on which version to use and which dev console to use.
I still have some questions to ask and I was wondering if there was anyone
who could help?

I Have 3 main areas that I need help in. First, what are the pros and cons
of using IB 6 open source and Firebird? I have tried both and I've read
the paper on Firebird. It does seem to have some advantages, but is it as
or more reliable than IB 6? If I had to choose between the two I would have
to choose the reliability.

Second, I've tried some demos for dev environments. QuickDesk, WorkBench,
and
IBExpert. Of the tree, I like QuickDesk but it seems to have a few bugs (?).
IBExpert and QuickDesk seem to be modeled form each other( what's up with
that?).
Which one came first? Anyway, again reliability is more important above the
bells and whistles.

And lastly, we have a project that we are going to be switching over to one
of the two databases. The project currently uses SQL Server and I will need
to switch all of the objects over. I've read a lot of the documentation for
IB6 but I still have a few questions before I start to re-write all of this
code. If I put together a document of some questions, is there any one who
will help me with the answers?


Thank You.

Steve Downey

IM...@vo...