doruilasi wrote:

>>> Subject: Re: [Firebird-general] Can someone using firebird share why use this database instead of any other?
>>
>>> On 2/22/13 12:10 PM, Ann Harrison wrote:
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>>> 1) Free and open source multi-user transactional database
>>> 2) Can be distributed with commercial applications
>>> 3) Small footprint and low administration cost
>>> 4) Windows friendly
>>
>>> 5) Friendly and helpful support community
>>> 6) Client and server implemented on many popular platforms
>>
>> 7) Able to run embedded as well as separate server.
>> (thus easy to bundle with applications).
>> 8) Efficiently handles large insertions and deletions (e.g. 1,000,000 record deletions).
>> 9) Versioning means writers do not block readers.
> 10) Able to handle multiple transactions (with ACID features) on the same connection.

Does MySQl allow a backup while active yet? Being able to simply schedule
backups and mirror them with the rest of the content is my main reason for using
Firebird ... that and 15+ years of using it.

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