SQLdb maintainer - or switch to Zeos?
lazarus / 16-Databases

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ssamayoa · 2007-06-06 02:52

Is someone maintaining SQLdb components?
There is various features not implemented (as BLOB support) that I can
implement but not shure if better use my time in Zeos.

Please comment on this.

Regards.

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Vincent Snijders · 2007-06-06 06:42

Yes, the SQLDB components are maintained.

Did you use fpc 2.0.4 or 2.1.5? 2.1.5 have some improvements and bug
fixes.

Wether Zeos is better, I don't know.

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ssamayoa · 2007-06-06 13:30

Just downloaded yesterday's snapshot (20070605) with fpc 2.0.4
(Lazarus-0.9.23-fpc-2.0.4-20070605-win32.exe).

Are you telling me that there is differences in LCL between fpc
versions?

Regards.

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Vincent Snijders · 2007-06-06 17:16

No, the LCL is pretty much the same. But the database componets (for
example sqldb) is part of the FCL, which is part of fpc.

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ssamayoa · 2007-06-06 20:57

Thanks.
I will download 2.1.5 and see what's new there.
Regads.

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ssamayoa · 2007-06-06 21:01

Do I have to check out SVN repository to get 2.1.5 or it is enougth
2.1.4?

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Vincent Snijders · 2007-06-06 21:23

For windows there fpc 2.1.5 based snapshots.

To get a good picture of the changes 2.1.4 is good enough.

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tatamata · 2007-06-12 09:18

I started to explore Lazarus 0.9.22 (fpc 2.0.4) with ZEOS 6.6.1 beta,
and it seems to be quite stable and feature rich.
When I tried to do it a year ago, it was a nightmare, but now it works
very nice.
With SQLdb, on the contrary, I realized some problems regarding
passing parameters to SQLQuery. Also, it seems to be limited in
functionality, when comapring to Zeos.I suppose, it is better to rely
on ZEOS, especially because it provides more components, properties
and methods.
For example, you can create master/detail forms very easily in the
same way like in Delphi, using Zeos. I think there is no such feature
in SQLDb...
Anyway, it is just my temporarily impression:)

Regards,

Zlatko