What do you think of Postgres and Firebird Databases? [closed]

Answer 1

They are both cool. However, one BIG advantage for Firebird is it's .net data provider. Good mature solution, vs buggy npgsql (or some paid Postgres drivers). So it it mostly to chose what db you are more familiar with or what are your developement team skills.

Both Postgres and Firebird are excellent databases.

Answer 2

Firebird is wonderfull, solid, easy to maintain, install & small footprint (embedded version as well) The only drawback: you have to do a backup and restore to eliminate deleted records physically. So for a system that has to be 24/7/365 it is a huge limitation.it is not my case so no problemo.

PostgreSQL does not have that problem (but I have never used it). A friend runs an entire shipping company with millions of transactions on PostgreSQL with linux servers & java and he is very happy.But the maintenance is more heavy than firebird.

Besides if you use delphi, Firebird is better suited.

Answer 3

Firebird Rocks man, see this link Firebird Advantages over PostgreSQL

Mature Windows support. Firebird is supported on Windows for a very long time and it's well tested. PostgreSQL supports Windows natively since 8.0. Still only a few months...

Mature ADO.NET provider. Npqsql (PostgreSQL ADO.NET provider) is still in beta. Firebird ADO.NET provider supports the embedded Firebird, services API (backup, restore, statistics, batch SQL execution...).

Embedded version. Embedded version (with 2 MB runtime and easy switching to a standalone server) seems to be one of the biggest advantages of Firebird.

Licensing. LGPL (Npgsql is covered by LGPL) seems to be less commercial-friendly than IPL (at least it is a much less clear language).

The Firebird open source database server wins a SourceForge Community Choice Award (in the "Best Project for Enterprise" category).

Bye.

Answer 4

We use Firebird since its birth. Actually we love this database :)

Answer 5

I've been using Firebird for 8 years and it is really strong.

Check this link http://www.ib-aid.com/articles/item104 and see that Firebird is a pretty good database.

Postgres's .NET driver is not mature enougth, while firebird .net provider is even supporting entity framework!!

Answer 6

One branch of Firebird is an Oracle clone called Fyracle which is even able to run Compiere. On this page you can find reasons why authors chose Firebird over PostgreSQL, which might also help you with your decision. How successful this Oracle emulation is can be seen from this quote:

Firebird-Fyracle supports the major Oracle-based ERP/CRM application "Compiere" -- with virtually no change to the Compiere code base. Fyracle has supported Compiere since version 2.4.2b, which contained over 20,000 lines of PL/SQL. The current release, 2.5.3c, has moved most PL/SQL into stored procedures written in Java, which is also supported by Firebird-Fyracle.