[Lazarus] Embedded database for Lazarus/Linux

[Henry Vermaak]

On 17 June 2010 09:29, Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17/06/2010, Luca Olivetti  wrote:
>> SQLite allows multiple programs to be connected to the same database
>> simultaneously. The embedded version of Firebird does not. If you run
>
> Well, that sounds like a rather silly argument. I thought the whole
> idea of "embedded databases" is to get one application to access one
> database at one time - more convenience too than a flat-file or XML
> file for data storage. Embedded Databases being similar to the idea of
> MS-Access (*.mdb files) - a "desktop database".  If you want a
> multi-user concurrency system, then you upscale to a full fledged
> RDBMS system, or the "big daddy" servers like Firebird, Oracle,
> PostgreSQL, MS-SQL-Server etc.

Say I've got a couple of desktop programs that want to share
data/settings, why on earth would I want to install a fully fledged
database server?  Even jet databases (mdb) support locking.

Henry