Re: First Commercial Database soon to be open sourced!
Hello John,
> My first thought is not so much about Interbase as a relational
> database but whether the underlying code is advanced enough to
> create persistant objects for debian operations.
>
> I created a small dataserver called Depth:
> http://www.thinman.com/Depth.html
I took a brief look at 'Depth' and I see no reason why
InterBase could not support your needs. I am technical
but, not a wizard, thus my initial comments are these.
First, it appears that you are not interested in creating
sophisticated table structures to house your data.
Second, based on the description of Depth I believe that you
have a need to store data in a binary format. InterBase
support this with the data type 'Blob'. We also have
a character set for data types VAR and VARCHAR that
supports binary data. The character set is called 'OCTET'.
Third, you are using Perl. There is a Perl driver for
InterBase called IBPerl. It is not owned by InterBase
but, was created by one of our old employees named Bill
Karwin. He has licensed IBPerl under what I believe is
called the 'Artisan?' license. I would be more than
happy to try to put the two of you in contact with each
other.
Finally, your application looks like it is 'embedded' and
'local' in nature. InterBase for Linux has what we call
'true' local access meaning communications between the
client and the server do not involve the network layer.
Because of this performance is lightning fast!
> Also I am forming a Perl SIG w/ Adam DiCarlo (debian):
>
> http://www.thinman.com/puny
We would be thrilled to have InterBase become a common
or defacto back end used with things like PUNY.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to
contact me.
Regards,
Markus Kemper
Director US Business Development
InterBase Software
831.431.8334
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