Re: [cobalt-developers] Does anyone use or care about Interbase?

["William L. Thomson Jr." <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We use InterBase 6 Super Server, InterClient 2.0 JDBC Driver for IB 6, and EasySoft's ODBC Driver
for IB 6.  We love all of them, and are very happy with performance and etc.
We use IB 6 in conjunction with JRun 3, and Generator 2.  All of this is currently running on a RaQ
4r, and we plan to move it onto a XTR within the next several months.

We use all the above on our web site. Almost so to be the entire site's content lies in our IB 6 DB,
and is merged into Flash movies, and returned to the viewers their browser upon request by Online
Generator 3.

I can't say much for the Classic Edition that ships on the RaQ's.  We removed and replaced our
Classic Edition with the Super Server Edition.  We have a great need to build, update, admin, and
remove databases remotely, which the classic edition would not allow us to do.

IB has a variety of GUI's.  Some are free some are not.  We use the following,

IB Console
Free from Interbase

IBWorkbench
http://www.ibworkbench.com

ZDE
http://www.zeoslib.org/

We use each for its speed and ease of use in certain areas.  All our tools, but at times, we still
prefer straight SQL.

IB 6 is great and I would recommend it to anyone.

Sincerely,
William L. Thomson Jr.
Obsidian-Studios Inc.
439 Amber Way
Petaluma, Ca. 94952
Phone/fax 707.766.8989
http://www.obsidian-studios.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Davis" <cache@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] Does anyone use or care about Interbase?


> Kevin Schaefer wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone use or care about Interbase?
>
> LOL!! I love the way you worded that! I've wondered the same thing.
>
> I haven't used it yet but have a contract in progress which will require
> it or some other open source Oracle-class DB.
>
> Interbase's lack of use is not necessarily a reflection on it's
> capabilities. It has been open source for about a year so there are less
> online help resources for it than MySQL and others.
>
> But whether to use it or something like MySQL is not a coin toss or
> limited to php/perl interfaces. These two DBs in particular are designed
> for very different types of use and using one where the other should
> have been used will have adverse outcomes. MySQL is an excellent
> speed-demon "analytical" database used to display fairly static data
> that is updated infrequently or only through controlled channels, such
> as from a legacy database. Interbase is an "operational" database. It
> has write-lock/read-passthrough record locking and a unique snapshot
> rollback for transactional integrity. If you have "balanced entries"
> such as where a "debit" in one field requires a "credit" to another, you
> need this type of feature. However, these highend features do come at a
> cost in server resources and speed.
>
> If there are any Postgres users here who have also tried Interbase, I'd
> like to hear from you offline. I can't decide....
>
> keith
>
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