[Lazarus] Embedded database for Lazarus/Linux

[Henry Vermaak]

On 17 June 2010 10:02, Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17/06/2010, Henry Vermaak wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>
> Because it was designed for concurrency and multi-user support. BTW:

sqlite was designed for concurrency and still it's embedded.

> The full fledged Firebird RDBMS is a whopping 12MB install - smaller
> than most desktop applications. So I would hardly say it's an effort
> to install - and Firebird is known for its "deploy and forget"
> installation style. No need for tweaking or other setups (unlike
> MS-SQL-Server, Oracle, DB2)

It's not about disk space.  It's about having a database server
running all the time.  Imagine everyone had your attitude, I'd have
several useless database servers running on my computer.  No thanks.