Jason,

I must disagree with you.

The Interbase engine CAN NOT access non-local files, accordingly, a UNC
path must be processed by a remote server. Since a UNC path has the
same structure as a NETBEUI connection string, IB attempts an connection
accordingly.


Sean

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Chapman [mailto:jason@...]
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 1:04 PM
> To: IB-Architect@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [IB-Architect] Forcing Interbase on Windows to use TCP/IP
>
>
> I know this isn't the support forum, but I just wanted to clarify.
>
> If you are supplying the full UNC path, then you are not
> using NETBEUI, but
> infact your local database engine, just like using Paradox or
> whatever.
> Apart from that, there has been a large discussion about
> using some kind of
> alias system, I don't think there was a solid resolution,
> just a number of
> possible solutions.
>
> JAC.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jason Poynting <jasonp@...>
> To: <IB-Architect@egroups.com>
> Sent: 30/11/2000 10:53 AM
> Subject: [IB-Architect] Forcing Interbase on Windows to use TCP/IP
>
>
> > >From what I can glean from the documentation and
> experimentation, the
> > only way you can ensure that Interbase uses TCP/IP to connect to
> > remote databases is to use the format:
> >
> > machinename:/drive-letter/databasename
> >
> > in the connect string. If you don't it seems to use
> NetBEUI, which is
> > very slow. The problem with this comes when you try to open
> databases
> > which are on a remote server. You can see the files from your local
> > machine and you have the UNC name. However, it's not possible to get
> > the full local pathname on the server remotely unless you have admin
> > rights on that server because of the NT security model.
> >
> > This is a nuisance and means that you have to start thinking about
> > installing extra services on the server just to do the name
> > translation. Interbase is already running there, so it
> couldn't it do
> > it? Or is it already possible?
> >
> > Jason Poynting
> >