Moving From Paradox To Interbase, Revisted
Steven Liburd
this. I'm currently using Paradox tables in my app. If I change to
Interbase tables, can I use dbExpress to access them, and then be able
to deploy my app without having to get any additional licensing for
Interbase? All the tables are local and single user. What I'm trying to
figure out is whether or not there is a way for me to design my app so
it can be deployed without the BDE, but also without having to get
another 3rd party database solution. TIA...
==steven
Bill Todd
On Sun, 01 Sep 2002 15:28:07 -0400, Steven Liburd
<steven...@verizon.net> wrote:
>I read a thread that discussed this, but I'm still not quite clear on
>this. I'm currently using Paradox tables in my app. If I change to
>Interbase tables, can I use dbExpress to access them, and then be able
>to deploy my app without having to get any additional licensing for
It depends which version of InterBase you use. You can download the
open source version of IB 6 from http://mers.com and distribute it
free of charge, however, this is the final open source version of
InterBase. IB 6.5 and IB 7 (due to be released this year) are
commercial products so you will have to purchase licenses.
>Interbase? All the tables are local and single user. What I'm trying to
>figure out is whether or not there is a way for me to design my app so
>it can be deployed without the BDE, but also without having to get
>another 3rd party database solution. TIA...
You can deploy your app using InterBase and either dbExpress or
InterBase Express without the BDE or any third party components.
>
>==steven
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Steven Liburd
Bill Todd wrote:
>>Interbase? All the tables are local and single user. What I'm trying to
>>figure out is whether or not there is a way for me to design my app so
>>it can be deployed without the BDE, but also without having to get
>>another 3rd party database solution. TIA...
>>
>
>You can deploy your app using InterBase and either dbExpress or
>InterBase Express without the BDE or any third party components.
>
So, I can use Interbase tables and deploy using dbExpress to access them
without having to ship the BDE. Does this mean that I don't have to
distribute any part of Interbase that would require additional
licensing? The bottom line of what I want is to send my app as a self
contained executable with the data files it uses and nothing else, if
that is possible. I am using SQL for access/updates. The database needs
aren't tremendous, so I'm flexible in that area. I'm using D6. Thanks
for your help.
==steven
Wayne Niddery [TeamB]
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>
> So, I can use Interbase tables and deploy using dbExpress to access them
> without having to ship the BDE. Does this mean that I don't have to
> distribute any part of Interbase that would require additional
> licensing?
With the open source version Bill referenced, correct.
> The bottom line of what I want is to send my app as a self
> contained executable with the data files it uses and nothing else, if
> that is possible.
No, you still need to install the Interbase Server and Client on each
standalone machine. It is possible for you to do this yourself (embed it's
install as part of your application's install), look around at
http://ibinstall.defined.net/dl_scripts.htm
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Informix, DB2, etc. You need to install the Interbase server and the
interbase client. You also need to install the dbExpress driver DLL
and MIDAS.DLL if you don't compile them into your EXE.
It sounds like what you want is DBISAM or FlashFiler. For other
alternatives see www.kylecordes.com .
Andrew Skinner
It depends which version of InterBase you use. You can download the
open source version of IB 6 from http://mers.com and distribute it
free of charge, however, this is the final open source version of
InterBase. IB 6.5 and IB 7 (due to be released this year) are
commercial products so you will have to purchase licenses.
AS:
This is what I thought would happen. Borland merely look foolish now
with the comings and goings of open source interbase.
At least there should be some measures to make sure the same components
work with IB, free-IB and firebird to keep order (I know there won't be,
another reason to go to MS tools for some).
I'm looking at MYSQL, which seems largely free and a commercial success,
so this model can work. I know it lacks some features. To be fair the
main reason to use it for me is Dreamweaver/php/mysql for web
applications.
Andrew