Re: Interbase/Firebird - any users out there - what's the performance like compared to PostgreSQL?

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"Paul Ganainm" <paulsnewsgroups@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
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> I have just started with PostgreSQL on Linux and in the past I've done a
> good bit of work on Interbase (both on Windows and Linux).
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> What I want to know here is
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> What do people here think of Interbase/Firebird?
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> Has anybody done performance metrics or could they point me to a
> comparison between the two?
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> Does Interbase/Firebird have (as far as people here are concerned) any
> show-stoppers in terms of functionality which they do have on
> PostgreSQL? Or, indeed, the other way round?
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> I'm not interested in starting a flame war or anything like that - just
> a presentation of the facts as you see them, and if you want to put in
> your opinion also, that's fine, just make a note!
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> TIA.
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> Paul...
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