Interested in finding collaborators - Port a full SQL Server from
Delphi to FPC
lazarus / 16-Databases

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Ozz_Nixon · 2023-05-19 16:35

I have a SQL::2016 compliant SQL Server - written in Delphi. I am
interested in:
a) Porting to FPC - some of the Delphi calls do not simply port to
FPC.
b) Defining a better transport protocol - right now, I use a very
simplistic ASCII(7bit) syntax - and have Client TDataset components
(however, I do not want to limit myself to Pascal developers only). I
am ignorant about the existing DB interfaces - maybe it is possible to
implement ADO.


If you are interested, and feel your FPC knowledge (Mac, Linux) is
strong - please email me at ozznixon (at) gmail (dot) com (PS. If you
do not hear back from me in 2 days, try again - prior to this post, I
get over 2,000 msgs a day).


PS. SQL Server code is over 20 years mature. With hundreds of end-user
developers in Delphi - We want to make this a large "Powered by FPC"
project.


Best Regards,
Ozz

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KodeZwerg · 2023-05-19 17:08

Why not make it open source on a platform of your choice, so
contributors can contribute without hassle of emailing etc...

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Ozz_Nixon · 2023-05-19 22:30

Quote from: KodeZwerg on May 19, 2023, 07:08:16 pmWhy not make it open
source on a platform of your choice, so contributors can contribute
without hassle of emailing etc...


Contains code I cannot share publically. Plus, if it is open source,
who is going to provide commercial support? (I won't have time to
review every person's code).

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dsiders · 2023-05-19 22:45

Quote from: ozznixon on May 20, 2023, 12:30:49 amQuote from: KodeZwerg
on May 19, 2023, 07:08:16 pmWhy not make it open source on a platform
of your choice, so contributors can contribute without hassle of
emailing etc...


Contains code I cannot share publically. Plus, if it is open source,
who is going to provide commercial support? (I won't have time to
review every person's code).

I see. So you're not looking for a collaborator... you're looking for
a contractor. At what rate? NDA and non-compete required?