On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 14:48:24 -0500, Ann W. Harrison wrote:

>>With embedded, yes, IT IS THE TRUTH! If the server thrash the memory
>>it could thrash inclusive the embedded server memory and this could
>>lead to db corruption.
>
>Just corrupting the server memory won't affect the database. You've
>got to corrupt it enough to affect data - say scribbling on a page
>after it's ready to write out but before it's written - but not so
>much that the server notices problems.

If YOU says so, I don't dare to doubt. So, the embedded server
is a tough one - god bless you all.

>>It's not guilt of Firebird, it's the consequence of the use of a dll.
>
>But firebird was designed to run in that environment and has done so
>since 1984.

I know this: I my am a fan of Interbase since 1998.

>No doubt programmers have got worse in the interim.

No, there's just much more prorammers in the interim, since Windows
got it's first RAD tools (MS Visual Basic). Before that, all
programmers
even working in windows needed to know soft things like memory ma-
nagement, the difference between a word and a longint, how to alloca-
te lists, trees, hashes, etc

And in 1984 interface stuff was so painfull that interface requirements
were much less. Just the job done and no bells and whistles. I
programmed
basic (MSX Basic - a zilog Z-80 based personal computer) and there was
only a cursor................ and 28Kb of ram...

The majority of the ones get trained on Windows machines without any
need to know any type of low level structure or OS stuff. Most we need
to use our favorite RAD tool gives to us, a community of users has
already
made or the RAD gives a VERY advantageous starting point.




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