Feature request

Marco Brambilla · Post by **Marco Brambilla** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 5:32 am

Maybe it's a very dumb request... anyway, we hope that in the future Vault will offer support for Firebird SQL.

It's a very good open source database server and also has a .net data provider that's almost identical to .net SQL Server data provider.

This could be a solution for small, distributed teams that don't want to buy a SQL CAL.

Thank you,
Marco Brambilla

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:37 am

We've had requests for Vault to support other "flavors" of SQL, but for the forseeable future, we'll only be supporting MS SQL Server and MSDE 2000.

If cost is an issue, MSDE is a good alternative for small teams. It's available as a free download from our website at:

http://www.sourcegear.com/vault/downloads.asp

sterwill · Post by **sterwill** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:49 am

The largest difficulty in supporting databases other than Microsoft SQL Server is porting all of Vault's stored procedures to the other database's procedural language. Vault uses stored procedures extensively, and these often require considerable rewriting to work in other databases.

ericsink · Post by **ericsink** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:46 pm

I agree with with the responses from Linda and Shaw. Porting to another SQL backend is not a high priority for us. Even still, I'd like to say that this is not a dumb request. Firebird looks cool.