Re: [PHP] PostgreSQL vs. Interbase

2001-05-11 Thread Geoff Caplan
Hi > Please discuss as to your point of view the advantage of PostgreSQL over > Interbase and/or vise versa. I'm considering three (3) important points > I'm just evaluating Interbase and there is an important point that did not come out in the thread. It seems that Borland went back on key com

Re: [PHP] PostgreSQL vs. Interbase

2001-05-07 Thread Luke Welling
"Altunergil, Oktay"wrote: > The link that goes to interbase's web site in freshmeat.com redirects to > http://www.borland.com/interbase/ > which does not list the product as free or open source? > > Is there another version? > > oktay My understanding is that the current open source version is a

RE: [PHP] PostgreSQL vs. Interbase

2001-05-07 Thread Altunergil, Oktay
ay 07, 2001 3:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] PostgreSQL vs. Interbase Arnold Gamboa wrote: > I'm currently in serious research on what database to use for a B2B site > which is expected to hold millions of records. I have in so far considered > two open source databa

Re: [PHP] PostgreSQL vs. Interbase

2001-05-07 Thread Luke Welling
Arnold Gamboa wrote: > I'm currently in serious research on what database to use for a B2B site > which is expected to hold millions of records. I have in so far considered > two open source databases - Interbase and PostgreSQL. With this in mind, I'm > sending this email to both the PostgreSQL an

[PHP] PostgreSQL vs. Interbase

2001-05-07 Thread Arnold Gamboa
Hi there. I'm currently in serious research on what database to use for a B2B site which is expected to hold millions of records. I have in so far considered two open source databases - Interbase and PostgreSQL. With this in mind, I'm sending this email to both the PostgreSQL and Interbase mailin

Re: [PHP] PostgreSQL vs InterBase

2001-03-02 Thread Meir kriheli
On Friday 02 March 2001 00:23, Shaun Thomas wrote: > On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Meir kriheli wrote: > > I use both of the databases (Interbase 6.01 and PostgreSQL 7.1beta4). > > > > PostgreSQL has more features comapared to Interbase (the procedureal > > language is very robust and there are many datatyp

Re: [PHP] PostgreSQL vs InterBase

2001-03-01 Thread Mark Charette
From: "Shaun Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The point about Oracle is that it *lets* you do all of those > optimizations, and if you're good at it, it will outperform almost any > other database you throw at it. Trust me on this one. I'm sorry, I can't trust you very much on this. Having worked a

Re: [PHP] PostgreSQL vs InterBase

2001-03-01 Thread Shaun Thomas
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Meir kriheli wrote: > I use both of the databases (Interbase 6.01 and PostgreSQL 7.1beta4). > > PostgreSQL has more features comapared to Interbase (the procedureal language > is very robust and there are many datatyps to choose from. Also you can have > some kind of object su

Re: [PHP] PostgreSQL vs InterBase

2001-03-01 Thread Meir kriheli
On Wednesday 28 February 2001 06:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Arnold Gamboa wrote: > > I hve heard a great deal about InterBase. Please comment on which is > > better: > > > > 1. Speed > > 2. Data Reliability > > 3. Compatibility with PHP > > > > Thanks for your comments. > > > > -- > > 1. I

Re: [PHP] PostgreSQL vs InterBase

2001-02-27 Thread mwaples
Arnold Gamboa wrote: > > I hve heard a great deal about InterBase. Please comment on which is > better: > > 1. Speed > 2. Data Reliability > 3. Compatibility with PHP > > Thanks for your comments. > > -- 1. I think Postgresql 2 and 3 I can't say which is better. Both seem to work ok - you

Re: [PHP] PostgreSQL vs InterBase

2001-02-27 Thread Martin A. Marques
Mensaje citado por: Ron Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I know this isn't one of the databases that you;re inquiring about, but > we've been using MySQL (www.mysql.com) and it has been working > beautifully. > We have an email server with a MySQL db that's about 4 Gigs now a it's > still running str

Re: [PHP] PostgreSQL vs InterBase

2001-02-27 Thread Ron Wills
I know this isn't one of the databases that you;re inquiring about, but we've been using MySQL (www.mysql.com) and it has been working beautifully. We have an email server with a MySQL db that's about 4 Gigs now a it's still running strong. MySQL is free and might be worth looking into :-) Arnold

Re: [PHP] PostgreSQL vs InterBase

2001-02-27 Thread Wade Halsey
relational database and of course a bonus is that it is free :) - Original Message - From: Arnold Gamboa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 11:00 AM Subject: [PHP] PostgreSQL vs InterBase > I hve heard a great deal about InterBase. Pl

[PHP] PostgreSQL vs InterBase

2001-02-27 Thread Arnold Gamboa
I hve heard a great deal about InterBase. Please comment on which is better: 1. Speed 2. Data Reliability 3. Compatibility with PHP Thanks for your comments. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAI