Our current evaluation criteria

- needs to be cross platform (supports linux and windows NT & 2000)
- needs to support trigger & event system (bonus to pass parameters
across a network)
- database design tools
- reliability
- ease of installation
- supports stored procedures
- documentation
- online support/help and forums etc
- in-house experience

The main disadvantage for PostgreSQL at the moment is the way you
define stored procedures and nobody in the office has used it before,
it is also not as easy to get up + running on windows.

The main disadvantage for firebird is the linux design tools are not
as nice and you cannot use the super server to post events on linux
(see firebird-support question).

In the end there is not much in it and the final decision is not up
to me. I will keep you posted as to the outcome.

--- In Firebird-Java@yahoogroups.com, "Roman Rokytskyy"
<rrokytskyy@a...> wrote:

> > yes - if we go ahead with using firebird. We are currently also
> > looking at postgresql.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sorry for asking one more thing, but if you at the end choose

PostgreSQL,

> can you share the criterea that you used for evaluation where PGSQL

is

> superior to Firebird? It is really needed for us to improve our

server.

>
> Roman