Hello, "aizl27"!
You wrote on Sat, 26 Jan 2002 16:14:05 +0000 (UTC):

a> I'm just starting with firebird and i'm wondering if what set of
a> components can be best used with Firebird?
a> DBExpress,FIBplus,Interbase -- others?
Actually, DBExpress is a new way to do the things, which BDE did. :)

If you want to use all Firebird featuers you should use components, which
are based on direct API. FIBPlus, IBX, IBO, ZeosDB - choose, what you need
:)

It is very important question if you do not start your application, because
migration can be very difficult. IBX is simple, free and Open Source, but
not very powerful. And IBX will not support Firebird changes.

FIBPlus is based on the same basis as IBX, so it is also very easy to use,
but it is much more powerful. Besides, FIBPlus will support Firebird on a
level with Borland Interbase. FIBPlus is faster than IBX and use memory
better. IBX = FIBPlus Lite :).

IBO is a great product also. It differs from other components, use its own
visual-components (though it has datasets, which are compatible with
standard controls). It has the best performance on queries with a big
records count, though it seems FIBPlus has better performance on "small" and
"middle" queries (see details on FIBPlus site).

ZeosDB is Open Source and support different sql-servers. I do not know how
it is developing now, but it is not very fast for Interbase.

I hope this will help you to make your choice :)

Sincerely yours,
Serg

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