Which database does Zoatec use?

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Firebird is the underlying database of Zoatec. It is an open database used in thousands of projects with excellent results. You can use your preferred tools to extract data, such as Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Crystal Reports, etc. See the ODBC chapter in the manual.

History

Firebird is derived from Borland InterBase 6.0 source code. It is open source and has no dual license, whether you need it for commercial or open source applications.
Firebird technology has been in use for 20 years, which makes it a very mature and stable product.

Major Features

Firebird is a fully featured and powerful RDBMS. It can handle database sizes from a few KB to many Gigabytes with good performance and is almost free of maintenance.

Below is a list of some of the Firebird’s major features:

•	Full support of Stored Procedures and Triggers

•	Full ACID compliant transactions

•	Very small footprint

•	Almost no configuration needed - just install and start using!

•	Big community and lots of places where you can get free and good support

•	Dozens of third party tools, including GUI administrative tools, replication tools, etc.

•	Incremental Backups