Subject Re: [Firebird-general] Poll Results
Author Martijn Tonies
Hi Dariusz,


> Did anyone receive that spreadhsheet yet? I am trying to
> put together a little blurb/comparison of databases in
> response to an email from Lisa Vaas of eWeek. I read her
> article:
>
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1433738,00.asp
>
> and I pointed out to her the SERIOUS omission of Firebird
> :)
> I would appreciate any help with the task or suggestions
> where I could find such help. I know enough about Firebird
> but not enough about the other databases to give her a fair
> comparison.

Make sure you also point out that although MySQL has
the InnoDB storage engine, that includes support for foreign
key constraints, that it still hasn't got CHECK constraints :-)

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
Server.
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