Hello, at the place I work, we use flat files (old Pascal records in files). We're planning on moving to databases, but we have a requirement. It needs to be cross-platform, desktop version in addition to Server-based version, sort of like Interbase service and Interbase To Go. I did suggest we use Interbase/Interbase to go. However, we want to find the most mainstream solution out there. What's everyone using on iPads/ mobile devices? We can't use just a server based implementation, because sometimes the mobil devices/Laptops don't have internet connectivity. But it would be advantageous if the database has two modes: desktop and server. Server for when we need to do web apps or when they have connectivity and need to merge data from the home office.

Hello, at the place I work, we use flat files (old Pascal records in files).  We're planning on moving to databases, but we have a requirement.   It needs to be cross-platform, desktop version in addition to Server-based version, sort of like  Interbase service and Interbase To Go.  I did suggest we use Interbase/Interbase to go.    However, we want to find the most mainstream solution out there.  What's everyone using on iPads/ mobile devices?   We can't use just a server based implementation, because sometimes the mobil devices/Laptops don't have internet connectivity.  But it would be advantageous if the database has two modes: desktop and server.   Server for when we need to do web apps or when they have connectivity and need to merge data from the home office.   

Perhaps the desktop version doesn't have to be the same solution as the server-based version?