> -----Original Message-----
> From: Firebird-Architect@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Firebird-Architect@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of plinehan
> Sent: Jueves, 03 de Noviembre de 2005 18:44
>
> I believe that if FB is to have any cred
> as a serious contender in middle/heavy-middle
> division of the entreprise db world, then
> good, decent instrumentation *_must_* be
> implemented.
>
> Being able to kill long running queries.
> Being able to assign a Qry_Max_Time after
> which the query will automatically be
> killed by the system.

At least the features you say (I didn't visit the URL) have been considered.
However, with the thousand devs we have <g>, this takes time.

> 2. Also quite important.
>
> Move the code base to 1 (preferably the gcc)
> compiler. Having an Open Source project
> that relies on a Microsoft compiler does little
> for "street cred". It might also help lead to
> 2.5 which is support for the BSD's <insert
> your favourite OS here>. Could also help
> encourage some fresh blood in the programming
> area?

Bullshit.
I believe Jim has used the Sun Forte compiler.
People like me use MSVC.
So what?
There's Mingw port able to build FB2 on Win32, typically maintained by
Dmitry Sibiryakov.
On other platforms, FB2's already built with gcc.
So what's bad with being able to build it with the platform's native
compiler, too? Bigotry?

> 3. Not sure here. Would a write-ahead log
> give (some) users more confidence? Would it allow
> for PITR?

FB2 removed the WAL, Write Ahead Log. It never worked completely.

> 4. Maybe a system to be able to specify
> different index types for different sorts
> of data - a l'Oracle?

Not sure why we need those.

> 5. Geographic data types. PostgreSQL
> is way ahead here.

Interesting.

C.