And to sneak in the answer...

The FB1.5 gds32.dll is simply a redirector to the new library,
fbclient.dll, hence the tiny size of the former. Backwards
compatibility as Firebird shakes off the old Interbase cobwebs.

Head on over to firebird-devel (sourceforge) for more...

Regards,
Andrew Ferguson

--- In ib-support@y..., Helen Borrie <helebor@t...> wrote:
> At 10:51 AM 03-10-02 +0000, you wrote:
> >I would like to replace my 1.0 server with the 1.5 alpha. I stopped
> >the service and replaced the files in the Firebird directory. What
> >worries me,is that the \WINNT\System32\gds32.dll is much more
bigger
> >(352kb) than the new gds32.dll (32kb). Do I have to replace this
dll
> >and then restart the service?
>
> Ulrich,
> Another reminder - FB 1.5 is strictly ALPHA and available for trial
> purposes with very strong recommendations NOT to use it for
production
> systems. For sure, something is gonna break - the whole point of
alpha
> releases is to test UNTESTED code. If you have problems with
testing the
> alphas, ask in the Firebird-devel list, not here in the support
list, please.
>
> ^heLen