From: Samy Elashmawy
Hi,
Phil , are you sing it in a mixed linux /win95/8 eviorment ? ie windoes apps accessing linux interbase on a linux server ?
I am currently running Interbase on a number of platforms, Linux, Windows, Solaris, NetWare and even OpenVMS. The actual database file(s) are platform independent, you can just 'copy' them between platforms (as long as no one is using them of course). Most of my 'desktop' client applications are on Windows, but I use PHP / Perl / Java severlets on Linux/Solaris and I do a lot of system processing (imports/exports etc.) on the server
Any easier to set up in this type enviormant as compared to postgress.
Just change the connection string to the DB from '/usr/interbase' to 'C:\Program files\Interbase\' no code changes in client or server needed.
Why interbase as opsed to postgress ?
I have been using Interbase for years, I keep trying out Postgress, but IMHO Interbase is always that bit better. Interbase also sticks to ANSI SQL standards, which some times is a bad thing, but it does make your server code easy to port to other RDBMS like Oracle if you need that extra bit more (and a lighter wallet). Cheers Phil -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/