Dariusz Zelichowski wrote:

> Yes, under some scenarios it is possible to log in remotely
> into a PC to fix problems. Many time however it is not.
> While working for a company which based its application on
> Interbase, we devised a mechanism allowing the customer to
> send us a problem gdb file at a click of a button, so we
> could diagnose it in our offices.
>
> It may surprise you, but some businesses (not to mention
> private users) are still on 33.6 modems. I found it very
> hard to work with databases over that kind of speed (or
> lack thereof).

ALL our small sites have ISDN dial-up. With 64k links.
IB_SQL works great over that link, and we can handle most things without
having to transfer the whole database. Add WinVNC, and you can tweak
other things as well. An engineer dials in without having to visit.

So no I'm not surprised - it's one of the reasons for WANTING to
maintain the full client/server :)

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Lester Caine
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