Multiplatform (supports Linux and MS Windows) opensource relational database
developed in C ++ also known as FirebirdSQL. It was created as a fork of the
Interbase database in 2000. We use Firebird as one of the backup servers of the
SQL slave product.
Properties
- Full support for stored procedures and triggers
- Fully compatible ACID transactions
- Referential integrity
- Multigenerational Architecture (MVCC)
- Compact server volume
- Support for external user-defined functions (UDF)
- Optional single-file database for the embedded version for DVD catalogs or
the single-user version for demo versions of applications
- Third party tools, including graphical administration tools and
replication tools
- Many access methods: native API, dbExpress drivers, ODBC, OLEDB, .NET, JDBC
driver version 4, module for Python, PHP, Perl
- Incremental backups
- Full cursor implementation for PSQL