Re:In Praise of PostgreSQL
by zimpenfish on Friday August 06, 2021 @03:40AM
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> embedded DB
Sounds like it's not quite as embedded as SQLite? Seems like it just smushes the server into your app and spins that up from within. Also it only seems to be properly "embedded" on Windows (no macOS support and Linux is a bit weird?)
> Finally, you can't just ship libfbembed.so with your application and use it to connect to local databases. Under Linux, you always need a properly installed server, be it Classic or Super.
Sounds like it's not quite as embedded as SQLite? Seems like it just smushes the server into your app and spins that up from within. Also it only seems to be properly "embedded" on Windows (no macOS support and Linux is a bit weird?)
> Finally, you can't just ship libfbembed.so with your application and use it to connect to local databases. Under Linux, you always need a properly installed server, be it Classic or Super.