Artur Anjos wrote:

>Jonathan,
>
>
>>I don't really feel like switching my database server to FB now at the
>>very end of a long developpement project...
>>
>>
>
>Your option is non-sense to me. Look at Firebird 1.0 as an improved IB 6.01
>OS, with a lot of bug fixes. Read the Release Notes and you know what I'm
>talking about.
>
>

Do you mean to say that it's entirely compatible? Can I take an IB 6.0
database, and simply run it with FB 1.0, without a backup/restore?
Do you really think I can count on it reacting the same way, without
wasting days trying to get my application to run properly again?

>In my oppinion, your long development project will be much more safer with
>Firebird, even if you have to test it a little bit more (the only problem I
>see will be ambigous querys, that Firebird will catch as an error. Another
>improvement to your project - you are not aware of ambigous querys with IB
>6).
>

What are ambigous queries? Could you give me an example please?

>But the question remains: How can you trust a dead open-source project as a
>SQL server for a project that took you so long to develop? :-)
>
>

Well, if I were to have any problems with IB 6.0, I wouldn't hesitate to
upgrade to FB 1.0. But as long as I have no problem ... why create
potential problems?
After all, once a critical project is finished, and working, it takes a
pretty strong incentive to upgade the database server! If it's working,
don't break it! However, in this case, it might be worth considering, as
it's either that, or forget Zebedee...

Thanks!

Jonathan Neve.



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