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Interbase

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InterBase 6.5 is a high-performance, cross-platform, SQL standards-compliant relational database that combines ease of use, low maintenance costs, and enterprise power. Certified by Borland, InterBase 6.5 provides the flexibility required for Internet, mobile, and embedded database applications. InterBase supports all popular desktop clients and application-builder frameworks.

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Features

Choice of most popular Windows‚ and Unix platforms

• Cross-platform support lets you choose the most appropriate platform for your needs
• Transparent interoperability allows seamless distributed access between databases

High performance engine architecture combined with native OS features provides high scalability

• Multigenerational architecture enables unparalleled concurrency between readers and writers
• Native multithreaded server with background garbage collection and multi-user page buffer management
• Scalability from embedded, single-user applications to enterprise demands
• Instantaneous recovery from system failures

Adherence to standards protects your software investment and enhances portability

• ANSI SQL 92 (entry-level) conformance
• Unicode, the universal character set, plus other international character sets
• JDBC‚ with InterClient for Java access
• ODBC for Windows and Linux‚ applications

Easily connect to your databases with popular network protocols (only in Server Edition)

• Internet socket communications over TCP/IP for access between networks
• Named pipes over NetBEUI on Windows networks

Develop

• Multilanguage support for C/C++, Java, and Object Pascal with Borland Delphi and Kylix
• Delphi and Kylix support for IBExpress and dbExpress native drivers
• Stored procedures encapsulate business logic on server for reduced network traffic
• Active database features include modular triggers and event alerters
• User-defined functions for extensible query support
• Delimited identifiers for flexible naming conventions
• Blobs, subtypes, and filters to capture arbitrarily large, unstructured data
• Cascading referential integrity constraints insure the validity of data
• Deploy databases on CD-ROM, DVD, and other read-only media
• SQL-compliant DATE, TIME, and TIMESTAMP support
• Large exact numeric support
• Programmable services to administer and monitor databases
• VLDB (Very Large Data Base: 64 bit I/O) support allows databases in a single file to grow to terabytes in length
• SQL ROWS feature gives better control of the result set
• XML data-generation capability for InterBase clients

Deploy

• Easy installation and small footprint simplify deployment requirements
• Silently embed InterBase into your applications with customizable install components
• Regulate your application’s usage by leveraging built-in licensing components

Relax

• Continuous database availability with online backups
• Self-tuning features to minimize database administration
• IBConsole for Windows tracks database activity for any server platform
• Database replication synchronizes data when and where you want it (only in Server Edition)
• Asynchronous statement cancel gives you the ability to cancel queries
• Metadata security allows protection of intellectual property

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