On 16 Jul 2003, Markus Bertheau wrote: > В Втр, 15.07.2003, в 23:32, Derek Hamilton пишет: > > I'm not sure this is still the case, but I recently chose PostgreSQL over > > Firebird because Firebird requires direct access to the database file. > > There is no way to access it via TCP/IP with drivers, etc. That killed > > Firebird in my mind. > > It's not like that anymore, you "just" need to know the path to the > database file on the remote server. It has the ability to spread a > database over several files to overcome OS limitations to the file size, > but it's not transparent iirc. Firebirds concept of a database name in > PostgreSQL is a filename on the servers file system. Other that that > it's a serious database.
I think that issue is being fixed in v 1.5, which is in beta right now. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
