I'm very excited with sql-direct. Never heard any before about this.

Now the components look beautiful in my delphi 5 palette and this weekend I want to port a 430 units project working over Oracle, MS-sql, Interbase 5 and Firebird...

Thanks, guys!

Pere Martinez
Comdata s.l.

--- In ib-support@y..., "didiergm" <Didiergm@n...> wrote:
> --- In ib-support@y..., "tempo93fr" <makowski@a...> wrote:
> > --- In ib-support@y..., "Hie Joen" <hiejoen@b...> wrote:
> > > SQL Direct (http://www.sql-direct.com)
> >
> > I'm curious about that solution do you use it ?
> > How about performance issues compare to bde, dbexpress, IBO and
> > FIBplus ?
> >
> > thanks
>
> Yes I do
> Compare to BDE : much faster
> I've stopped using dbexpress. was too buggy even after D6-RC1. I'll
> was planning to come back to dbexpress to work on Kylix later but
> SQLdirect is now talking about a linux port .... and AFAIK DBEXPRESS
> does not have (yet) a driver for FB, just IB. What will happen if
> (when) they split
>
> Never used IBO nor FIBPlus, as my products have got to support several
> backends, although I am pushing real hard for people to look deep into FB:
> <SHOW OFF MODE>
> I have convinced last week a 120 seats user to give up on oracle and
> give a go at Firebird.
> </SHOW OFF MODE>
>
> HTH
> Didier