Paul Schmidt wrote:

>
> Folks,
>
> I have a simple question, I am working on an application, that will
> eventually be based on IB6/IBO, however, I need to know what was
> added from IB 5.6 to IB 6 because I have some clients who use Netware
> 4, and there is no Netware 4 support for IB 6. If I knew what
> features were added/dropped/changed I could write the application so
> that it could support both.
>

IB6.0 makes it fairly easy to backwardly support older databases. It comes with
a kind of 'version 5.0' mode, otherwise known as SQL Dialect 1. That effectively
tells the IB6.0 server to speak the same language as v5.0 servers.

Other than that you need to be aware of two things. IB on Netware has never
supported UDF's. So they're out. And automatic sweeping is not readily
recommended for v5.n, while under 6.n it is.

I'd recommend that you get the IB6.0 documentation set and at least read the
Release Notes. Check the URL below and follow the link to InterBase(r) in the
Downloads section.

Of course you could save yourself a lot of trouble by convincing your Netware
clients that sticking a cheap Linux box on their network is probably a lot
easier. With Linux so widely available now it is hard to argue a case for
supporting InterBase on Netware, although I am willing to entertain such
arguments.


Paul
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