--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Martijn Tonies"
<m.tonies@u...> wrote:

>
> > > >IBPhoenix is 100% behind this tool, and you will never be short of
> > > >immediate help when you need it. Also, I hear that there is a new
> > > >version out soon, so keep your eyes peeled for that and give it a
> > >
> > > AFAIR, IBPhoenix Replicator 1.5.5 was released about a month ago
> > > and I don't expect version 1.6 to appear sooner than July.
> > >
> > > SY, Dimitry Sibiryakov.
> >
> > So it seems that there is no stable free (as in free firebird1.5)
> > Replication tool. This is disappointing I was in the impression that
> > replication is a feature of firebird and comes with the free version
> > of Firebird 1.5.
>
> Where did you get that impression? If there's a document
> somewhere stating this, we/the owner should adjust the
> document.
>

Well I read it somewhere on a published article about Firebird.
And the n-way replication was a strong point to convince boss to
convert from MySql to Firebird.

> > On doing a search on sourceforge I found another replication
> > tool FiBRE (http://fibre.sourceforge.net/), but its in pre-alpha

state.

> > Has anyone used it?
> >
> > If writing a replication tool is no biggie then it would be nice
> > if someone can write the instructions on Firebird site.
>
> That's the problem... it IS a biggie :-) ... So, there are three
> options:
>
> 1 - write one yourself. spend lots of time, debug it etc. But hey,
> it's tailored to your needs.

Instead of writing it all by myself, maybe contribute to FiBRE or open
a new Project on sourceforge.org and invite like minded developers to
contribute to it.

> 2 - get a license for the IBPhoenix replicator. Tested, debugged,
> quite complete.
> 3 - get a license for any other replicator. Completeness differs...

4 - port one of PostGreSql replication tool to Firebird.
http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgreplication/genpage.php?replication_research

>
> With regards,
>
> Martijn Tonies
> Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL &

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