>>- as ROBUSTNESS & SPEED are the top priorities. I need the most crash, corruption n maintenance free database.
>>- Stored procs, constraints needed.
>>- low system requirements.

>Seems that you need Firebird :)
>It has embedded engine available.

Thanks.

Is Firebird SQL similar to SQL Server?
Although for the above mentioned reasons I would go to any length to change the SQL Syntax.