anoniempje wrote:Can someone tell me what the main differences are between:
Firebird
PostgreSQL
MySQL
which one has advantages/dis-advantages/possibilities..etc... with servoy?
Here's the short list - but for more detailed info - you can go to each vendor's site and get the full details of the features they support.
ALL are FREE
ALL have good to very good performance
ALL (except MySQL) support transactions - and the newer version of MySQL is supposed to support them as well. You DO want a database that supports transactions!
ALL have good 3rd party tools (both free and not free) for loading data, replication etc. The free tool for Firebird - is weaker than the rest.
What type of applications are you looking at building? The beauty of Servoy is that you can START with Firebird (built-in, free, pre-configured) and IF you ever "grow out of it" - you can always just export your solutions, change the repository database to another vendor's SQL database, and re-import your solutions. Done.
Hope this helps,
Bob Cusick