> -----Original Message-----
> Hmmm, MySQL 5 is promising though. And quite the nice stab at
> Firebird - with _still_ no released v2 ( I know why, but the
> outside world doesn't) and is slowly creeping towards v3 with
> hardly any new features? While MySQL 5 and 5.1 (which is
> underway) are packed with new stuff.

The real question, imo, is how long will it take for MySQL users to take
advantage of Views, Procs and triggers.

> How would that compare with Firebird?

AIUI, most of the dev work over the last few years with firebird has gotten
it to a point where it is fully OO and stable, now this work is almost
complete (ala: V2) there is no reason why the next version of FB shouldn't
come packed with goodies. Hopefully including a very rich set of internal
functions, instead of relying on UDFs.

Another thing to consider here, many MySQL users use it because its fast,
how will performance be affected with the addition of SPs, Views and
triggers?

Many winging customers, I See. :-o

Rgds

Si
http://www.fbtalk.net/