Hi Lester,

> >>>>So, and only assuming that it is a problem solely of MySQL,
> >>>>the Wikipedia project would need a volunteer to port to
> >>>>a DBMS better fitting the ever growing load. Whatever the best
> >>>>DBMS would be.
> >>>
> >>>And you think Firebird would be better?
> >>>
> >>>Do take in account that it fully needs to support unicode
> >>>charactersets and all, something I believe you know quite
> >>>something about :-)
> >>>
> >>>Etc etc... It might be a bit harder then you think :-)
> >>
> >>..Or not...
> >>http://jaybirdwiki.firebirdsql.org/JayBirdHome
> >
> > I don't see any of the JayBird wiki in Chinese :-)
> >
> > Nevertheless, does this run on Fb?
>
> If it doesn't then it should be black listed ;)
>
> Both TikiWiki and TikiPro have Firebird 1.5 ports, but I'm working with
> the TikiPro people to produce a good base with any reliance on a MySQL
> original removed. Most of the MySQL 'features' have been bypassed over
> time, and things like 'search' are now managed in proper tables rather
> then using the MySQL FULLTEXT bodge. The result is that reliance on a
> particular character set has also been eliminated, and changes of
> language are easy - even where MySQL ENUM fields were used originally.
>
> The next step is to replace some of the application code with triggers
> to speed things up even more, but that does mean a lock in to a
> particular engine. At present all the code will still work with any
> ADOdb listed database.

Yes, I know about your project - and it's getting somewhere
for sure. I've been checking the WikiPro Firebird database
just to get an idea ;-)

With regards,

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