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Such as UsePostgreSQLDatabase() I wish
- UseMSSQLDatabase() for direct use Microsoft SQL-Server
- UseAccessDatabase() for direct use Microsoft Access DBs
- UseMySQLDatabase() for direct use MySQL-Server (I know there are Libs for using)
- UseFBSQLDatabase() for direct use Firebird/Interbase

Hi

I would also love to see a UseFBSQLDatabase() connector !

//Eirik

hmmmm....

http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/odbc-driver/
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc

and the MS Things are build in Windows...

If you want to have this as native support,
you have to tell the companies, that they give away
their products and made them open-source

Hi Bisonte

Firebird sql is opensource. If possible I prefer native connectors instead of ODBC (FireBird is available on Win, Mac and Linux etc. Don't now the status of iODBC on linux but I think using a FireBird client lib directly is the best option). Regarding the other databases listed I think the PureBASIC team already have stated some problems with the implementation of a MySQL connector due to licenses restriction. MS SQL and Access are Windows only and probably supported as well using the ODBC connector vs a dedicated connector.

Regards
Eirik

Hi.
+1 for Firebird library support.
It would complement PureBasic well,
and provide a second option for an embedded db (other than SQLite).

Regarding the other databases listed I think the PureBASIC team already have stated some problems with the implementation of a MySQL connector due to licenses restriction.

MariaDb is a "drop-in" replacement for MySQL by the Author of MySQL and is apparently (as far as I can see) free of license restrictions. That might be a way to go.

http://mariadb.org/

+1 for Firebird here, it would be a great integration for PureBasic (embedded and server database)!