Hi,

At September 5, 2003, 16:03, ra8009 wrote:

> I'm building an app that will use Firebird but that MAY need to be
> used against Oracle at some locations. I'm trying to determine whether
> I should use dbExpress and a Firebird driver OR go with IB Objects and
> possibly need to build a dbExpress version for Oracle later.

> The reason that I'd go with IB Objects is becuase they offer
> significant advantages. The problem is that at the moment I can't
> really come up with a good list of those "significant advantages".

> Just a high level short list if IB Objects advantages would be a big
> help. Can I develop my app more quickly? Will I get much better
> performance? What about moving to .NET?

If you know almost certainly that you'll have to support 2 RDBMS, use
dbExpress. In my opinion, it doesn't make sense to develop 2 versions
of an application, because you have to support 2 RDBMS. Unless, you
are willing to use a business object framework(i.e. Bold and the
TechInsite Object Persistence Framework - www.techinsite.com.au).

For Firebird's dbExpress driver, use the driver from Upscene
(www.upscene.com).

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Best regards,
Daniel Rail
Senior System Engineer
ACCRA Group Inc. (www.accra.ca)
ACCRA Med Software Inc. (www.filopto.com)