Database Management System

Firebird^® is an open source SQL relational database management system. The project link is www.firebirdsql.org VODCA interfaces Firebird^® in a client/server relationship for patient and outcome databases. Interesting features of Firebird^®:

• Runs on Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and a variety of Unix platforms;
• Multi-user, concurrent connectivity;
• Small memory footprint;
• Supported by open-source and commercial contributions; and
• large worldwide user community - used by approximately 1 million software developers.

VODCA databases can reside on local computer or remote host.

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1 VODCA database = 1 Firebird^® file Thus, VODCA databases are very easy to backup, copy and share as a template!

What's the limit on the Firebird^® database size? You'll probably hit the filesystem limit long before Firebird's.