RE: [Firebird-odbc-devel] (no subject)

[Zafar T M. <zaf...@ar...>]

I would recommend it, however I would keep one thing in mind. I have not
as of yet seen an odbc or ole-db driver for interbase that allows the
user to view metada of interbase. For example, the ole-db or odbc
drivers of other major databases allow you to view and edit metadata,
like the contents of a stored procedure or modification of the data
types of table fields automatically.

Now if you can handle that then I would highly recommend interbase. It
is a fast dbms with speeds comparable to that of oracle. Also the GUI of
the native environment provided by Borland, though not the best is much
better than the native environment of oracle also. I was able quickly
use ddl and save the code of the ddl not as separate files but as
procedures with in the database.

In other databases returning data from a resultset in a stored procedure
is not an easy task. Certainly not in oracle. In interbase it is
relatively easy.

You can also use C (and C++?) to make user defined functions. This might
be a major downfall for interbase. However I am good at C so I don't
have a problem with this.

In the end I would recommend you trying it to see for yourself.


Best Regards,
Zafar Tasleem Minhas,
CASD/DAD, T-9N, C-56,
873-1810,
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