Re: [stellation-res] CVS updates: merge fixes, and multiple database ser

["Mark C. Chu-Carroll" <mcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 19 July 2002 03:41 pm, Rodolfo M. Raya wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-07-19 at 15:05, Mark C. Chu-Carroll wrote:
>
>     While I was at it, I fixed the server code so that you can specify the
>     type of database accessed by the server.  This is a *very*
>     preliminary change: it works with postscript, and it appears to
>     be calling the DB2 access point constructor correctly, but since
>     I do not have an installed copy of DB2, I can't be certain. I think
>     db2 access still needs one more change on the server side, to
>     allow the client to correctly identify a DB2 repository for
>     authentication.
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been considering to enable Stallation to work with Firebird --the
> open source version of InterBase.
>
> FireBird is available and supported in multiple platforms: Win32, Linux,
> Solaris (sparc), HP-UX (i386), MacOS X. Also there are unsupported
> builds for FreeBSD, Solaris(i386) and AIX.
>
> Borland sells a commercial version of InterBase and  also provides a
> free open version of it.
>
> A couple of years ago I decided to work with InterBase for linux because
> I considered it an excellent DBMS. At that time I chose it instead of
> PostgreSQL or MySQL because it was the only free database supporting
> transactions. Several million records stored in production databases
> make me think I made a good choice.
>
> If anyone can help me update Stellation to provide Firebird/InterBase
> support please let me know.
>
> In case you want to take a look at Firebird or Interbase visit:
>
> http://firebird.sourceforge.net/
>
> or
>
> http://www.borland.com/interbase/index.html
>
> Additionally, Borland integrates Eclipse consortium so there might be a
> chance to get official support.
>
> What do you think of this idea? 

I'm all in favor of supporting better databases than Postgres. And
it looks like interbase is MPL, which shouldn't be a problem.

There's a message in the eclipse.technology newsgroup with an
overview of what would be involved in porting support for a new
database.  It's also posted on the Eclipse wiki.  I'd suggest
taking a look at that to see how to get started, and then 
post questions here. Dave Shields and I are the two people
who've worked on the DB support so far: we'll be glad to answer
any questions, and help you with any problems that you have.

	-Mark

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