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Hi,

For a non-Java open source db, try PostgreSQL, www.postgresql.org,
I use this extensively for development and demo's etc (if you're on
a Unix platform; unsure if they've got a win version). Its got JDBC
drivers.

Also, Interbase would be a worthy adversary, www.interbase.com,
though I haven't looked at it because I wasn't convinced of its open
sourcefullness/distribution.

Cheers,
Joe

Peter Hearty wrote:
> 
> Hello Eric
> 
> InstantDB has been around for about 3 years now, so it's had a bit of time
> to sort out the kind of SQL parsing problems like the one you described.
> Without knowing more details I won't be able to say for certain, but on the
> whole, SQL parsing problems don't pop up very often nowadays.
> 
> >I guess my question is how reliable is Instant db compared to commercial
> >grade database like
> >sql server, oracle?
> 
> Oracle has been around for about 20 years now, so it's obviously a very
> mature product. Regardless of which sense in which you use the word
> "reliable", all of the Java databases have a bit of catching up to do. On
> the other hand, InstantDB is all-Java, free, and soon to be open source. So
> try it and let us know if you think it makes the grade. If it doesn't then
> tell us why and we'll make it better.
> 
> >Does instant db support multi-threading?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Peter Hearty
> Lutris Technologies UK Ltd.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Advincula <eric07@earthlink.net>
> To: instantdb@enhydra.org <instantdb@enhydra.org>
> Date: 29 April 2000 08:31
> Subject: InstantDB: General Question on InstantDB?
> 
> >Hi I'm new to Instant DB.  I originally started using Hypersonic SQL with
> >great interest until I came up with a problem.
> >
> >The problem was do a select on two columns that existed on different
> tables.
> >I could take the same code and make it work on Access but not Hypersonic
> >SQL.
> >
> >I guess my question is how reliable is Instant db compared to commercial
> >grade database like
> >sql server, oracle?
> >
> >Does instant db support multi-threading?
> >
> >I'm hoping that Instant db does a better job than hypersonic sql cause I
> >really like the idea of open source
> >but to be considered it has to be stable that it is usable.
> >
> >Thanks
> 
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