At 10:05 AM 31-05-00 +0200, you wrote:

>Hi list,
>
>
>I have a little problem. I have a interbase client under win98. And a
>interbase server on win NT.
>When I try to create a database from the client, the database file is
>create in c:\winnt\system32.
>And if I create it on the server it is created in c:\program
>files\borland\interbase.
>
>How can I change the default folder ?
>It is a SET path=... command ?
>
>Fabrice Vende
>fabrice@...

Creating a database in the default path is not a great idea unless you
REALLY want databases jumbled up with software libraries.

You need to create a database in a physical location (i.e. not a mapped
location; and not using UNC notation) and you need the full server path as
seen from the client. For TCP/ip that is
servername:c:\something\something\thedatabase.gdb.

You should make certain that all clients have the same physical path, i.e.
it is Bad Karma to omit the backslash following the drive designator.

You can change the location of the Temp files, though. Use the server
manager program to do this.

Helen
http://www.interbase2000.org
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