At 25/10/2002 10:41 AM, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>When I installed Firebird it noted that I had Interbase installed and then
>removed it. This could be a problem if the customer have Interbase 6.5 for
>some applications and Firebird for some. Shouldn't it be possible to run
>both of them?

With Firebird 1.0, it's not possible, since Interbase and Firebird use the
same names for the services. This has been addressed with Firebird 1.5,
which is still in Alpha testing, but you can still get your hands on it to
see what changes that you might have to make to your application.


Daniel Rail
Senior System Engineer
ACCRA Group Inc. (www.accra.ca)
ACCRA Med Software Inc. (www.accramed.ca)