[thelist] Using Firebird as an embedded database

[Steve Lewis]

Keith Gaughan wrote:

> I've been running it on my laptop, fiddling around with it, and reading
> the documentation, and I like what I see so far.
> 
> If anybody on the list has been using it for anything, I'd be grateful
> for any thoughts or stuff to watch out for.

We had problems with debugging apps using Firebird as the DB, an 
intermittent platform-dependent issues when we started using Firebird as 
the embedded DB for our CD installer products.

We are sold on Derby, now.  I would very highly recommend it if you are 
not afraid of Java.

-- 
SteveL