Thanks Lester Caine,

>
> I've used ADOdb from day one. If you want cross platform it works out of
> the box. PDO is a waste of time since it does nothing with the SQL!
> Take a look at bitweaver ... www.bitweaver.com ... Installs and works to
> several databases without a problem - Firebird included ;)
>

I will checkup with ADOdb. What is ur experience of ADOdb about
migrating from One Database to another.

> >
> > I alway opt for IBPhoenix tar.gz installations.
>
> I'm tending to that route now myself. Keep a set of installation stuff
> rather than bothering with the distributions packaging.
>

true, we have tried Redhat, suse 8.2, fedora, ubuntu and
cent OS as server OS lot of config file UDF problems faced
so for last 5/6 years tar.gz and C based UDF has made our life
bit relaxed as far as server installation and config is concerned.

Its good that u too are joining our community.


Raja

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