Firebird is a database with 20 years of history, full set of features (including transactions, stored procedures, hot-backup, excellent scalability, etc.) and a friendly open source license. It is an overlooked but compelling alternative to Microsoft Jet and Microsoft MSDE 2000/SQL Express 2005. Let's take a look at how it can be used embedded in your desktop application. What makes Embedded Firebird ideal for embedding:
- Theembedded runtime
- Thedatabase file
- Themigration to a standalone server
Compare Firebird with other database engines.
- Firebird vs. Microsoft Jet 4.0
- Firebird vs. Microsoft MSDE 2000
- Firebird vs. Microsoft SQL Server Express
- Firebird vs. PostgreSQL
Firebird in .NET：http://www.dotnetfirebird.org管理工具:http://www.flamerobin.org/
blog: http://www.dotnetfirebird.org/blog/index.html
相关文章：http://www.codeproject.com/cs/database/EmbeddedFirebird.asp
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