----- Original Message -----
From: "Jekke Bladt" <jekke.bladt@...>
To: <Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 7:52 PM
Subject: RE: [Firebird-general] New implementation


>
> Ah.
>
> Actually, what I'm looking for is an example of how to write (or if it's
> even possible to write) a UDF for Firebird in C#.
>
> --Jekke
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ashley Flynn [mailto:ashleyflynn@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 2:49 PM
> To: Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Firebird-general] New implementation
>
>
>
> Examples are very sparse unfortunately, but this should get you started,
>
> http://firebird.sourceforge.net/index.php?op=devel&sub=netprovider&id=ex
> amples
>
> also some snipets
>
> here
>
> http://forums.devshed.com/archive/t-65095
>
> and here
>
> http://forums.devshed.com/t182804/s.html
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Ash
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jekke Bladt" <jekke.bladt@...>
> To: <Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 7:45 PM
> Subject: RE: [Firebird-general] New implementation
>
>
> > Could you, by any chance, point us at some examples?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > --Jekke
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ashley Flynn [mailto:ashleyflynn@...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:14 PM
> > To: Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Firebird-general] New implementation
> >
> >
> > indeed you can
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "George Smith" <gsmith@...>
> > To: <Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 4:45 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Firebird-general] New implementation
> >
> >
> > > Can you interface to Firebird with C#.Net
> > > Thanks
> > > grs
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Myles Wakeham [mailto:myles@...]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 10:39 AM
> > > To: Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: RE: [Firebird-general] New implementation
> > >
> > >
> > > I think that your decision on a DBMS is likely to have both
> Technical
> > > items
> > > and Business Items. I'll let the rest of the team here talk to the
> > > technical differences between the products, but from a business
> > > perspective
> > > here's something to consider:
> > >
> > > Firebird vs MS SQL Server is kinda like comparing Linux to Windows.
> > The
> > > advantage that Firebird has is that its Open Source and ported to so
> > > many
> > > different operating systems. I suspect, although you didn't mention
> > > this
> > > directly, that you are dealing with a Windows shop. This could mean
> > > that
> > > the business differences between Firebird & MS SQL Server are
> simply,
> > > price
> > > and support levels.
> > >
> > > But if your company decided that it needed to host on Linux, or
> > Solaris,
> > > or
> > > even Mac OSX, you would have the option with Firebird. There would
> be
> > > no
> > > option with MS SQL Server. The fact is, MS SQL Server comes with a
> > > Windows
> > > requirement. Firebird doesn't.
> > >
> > > Does this mean anything in your case? Maybe not. In our case,
> > however,
> > > its
> > > critical. Not only are we avoiding yearly licensing charges with
> > > Firebird,
> > > but I have FAR more freedom to deploy the database on what box I
> want,
> > > where
> > > I want, etc. Also in the case of servers (and I don't want to start
> a
> > > OS
> > > 'Holy War' here but), I just prefer Linux. Its more manageable and
> > > easier
> > > to identify and fix problems. However with this said, due to the
> vast
> > > history of Interbase and BOTH Unix and Windows, you won't lose out
> > > regardless of platform with Firebird. The tools and stability are
> > > comparable.
> > >
> > > Myles
> > >
> > > ===========================
> > > Myles Wakeham
> > > Director of Engineering
> > > Tech Solutions Inc.
> > > Scottsdale, Arizona USA
> > > Phone (480) 451-7440
> > > Web: www.techsol.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Jekke Bladt [mailto:jekke.bladt@...]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:13 AM
> > > > To: Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Subject: [Firebird-general] New implementation
> > > >
> > > > All--
> > > >
> > > > I'm currently in the position of making architectural
> > > > recommendations at
> > > > work. The firm I've joined is an equity options market maker.
> > > > Our team's
> > > > primary development arena is real-time trading systems running on
> > > > Windows. New applications are written in C++, C# and VB.net with
> > > > additional legacy base in VB6.
> > > >
> > > > Because most of the nature of the options market, many of the
> > > > applications exist without persistent state. Every time they're
> run,
> > > > it's like the first time.
> > > >
> > > > OTOH, there are places where persistent state would be incredibly
> > > > helpful, but solutions have been architected around the need for
> > state
> > > > information because that's the shape of other solutions.
> > > >
> > > > So, I'm advocating we install a DBMS and start persisting a lot of
> > our
> > > > core information. It will make a lot of existing applications more
> > > > useful, more stable, and more accurate. By my best estimates, our
> > data
> > > > needs aren't terribly rigorous. By the end of 2005, we'll be
> > > > doing about
> > > > 70,000 database writes and 12,000 reads a day if current
> development
> > > > continues apace.
> > > >
> > > > That being said, I'm ready to advocate that we use Firebird
> > > > as our DBMS
> > > > with the other two most likely options being Sybase on Linux or
> SQL
> > > > Server on Win2k. But, so far, this is based entirely on external
> > > > observation and research. I haven't used Interbase in about ten
> > years.
> > > > My DBMS experience since then is with SQL Server, Sybase, and
> > > > Oracle. I
> > > > am most proficient in SQL Server.
> > > >
> > > > My second option, after Firebird, is SQL Server. If I'm going to
> > sell
> > > > Firebird to the team, I need to compare the two products. Firebird
> > > > already has the upper hand on price point, but it's going to take
> > more
> > > > than that.
> > > >
> > > > So, I have a couple of questions:
> > > >
> > > > If you were presenting Firefox as an alternative to SQL Server,
> what
> > > > would your selling points be? We've already talked the
> > > > benefits of open
> > > > source vs. commercial products to death without a conclusion,
> > > > so that's
> > > > not going to sell it.
> > > >
> > > > What features of SQL Server am I going to miss if we use Firebird?
> > Is
> > > > there support for complex data types? Extended stored
> > > > procedures? Native
> > > > XML support?
> > > >
> > > > Any guidance y'all could provide would be deeply appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > --Jekke
> > > >
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