| Subject | RE: [firebird-support] Does any Delphi component exist to access a FB database without DLLs? |
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| Author | Leyne, Sean |
| Post date | 2017-03-12T19:27:14Z |
Andrea,
I find your post contains contradictions.
The Firebird Client is ~1MB in size.
What do you define as "massive"?
So, to my mind, the size of the Firebird client is quite reasonable.
Separately, I am not aware that FireMonkey/Delphi can be deployed as mobile apps if they require external DLLs. AFAIR, FireMonkey apps must be built from "native" code.
Sean
I find your post contains contradictions.
> I am looking to write a mobile application.OK
> I don't want to use SQLite because I think it's crap.
> Firebird seems just right, except that it comes with a massive DLL."Massive"? Huh?
The Firebird Client is ~1MB in size.
What do you define as "massive"?
> Because phones come in all sizes,I just can't be sure that it'll beMy quick scan of my own Android phone finds that most apps (as compared to utilities) are 45-50 MB in size, with the Facebook app weighing in at 240MB in size.
> downloaded if it's too big, so the first obvious saving would be the DLL.
So, to my mind, the size of the Firebird client is quite reasonable.
Separately, I am not aware that FireMonkey/Delphi can be deployed as mobile apps if they require external DLLs. AFAIR, FireMonkey apps must be built from "native" code.
Sean