[Lazarus] MS Access file - is it 'accessible' concurrently ?

[michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be]

On Thu, 8 Sep 2011, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:

> Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
>> On 08/09/2011, Lukasz Sokol wrote:
>>>> If that is a factor for you, you might want to look at other
>>>> databases, such as Firebird (easy to run as embedded, too),
>>>> PostgreSQL, Oracle, or perhaps MySQL.
>>> Which one requires least setup/dependencies and has least steep learning
>>> curve ?
>> 
>> Firebird is the easiers and smallest by FAR! At it has many more
>> feature - at least compared to MySQL. So small doesn't mean less
>> features here.
>
> But which variant of Firebird? If I recall correctly there are three, I was 
> prodding at it a bit a few months ago and came to the conclusion that 
> Firebird classic might be a viable alternative to PostgreSQL since it 
> provided an equivalent to the listen/notify commands.

As far as I know, they are equivalent in exposed functionality since version 2.1.

The only difference is how they handle concurrent connections, multiple CPU
cores and the cache.

Michael.