Firebird Database support

[Derek Atkins]

"William L. Thomson Jr." <support at obsidian-studios.com> writes:

>> The idea is to use a DB abstraction system, like GDA or DBI, so we
>> could let the user decide which db backend to use...
>
> That would be a good idea. Googling around a bit, I am not coming up
> with to many documents. On how one would go about implementing. GDA or
> DBI.

Try searching for "libdbi" or "gnomedb"

>>   And THEN we can
>> make the "default" (file) backend be SQLite ;)
>
> I assume for performance reasons over XML?

Among others.  See the archives over the last three years for multiple
discussions on this topic.

> Sure I would be willing to help in any way I can.

As I said, I'm hoping the responsible parties will speak up....

-derek

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