At 04:41 PM 04-03-02 +1100, Paul Klink wrote:

>We never want to overwrite this file! (See my previous email for
>reasons.) We will simply use the existing IB installation if it is
>detected. We are still using Dialect 1 so we should be fine (I
>believe). For this reason, probably the best thing for us is to
>continue using Dialect 1 until Firebird can run side by side with IB.

Paul,
If you are talking about two servers running simultaneously on the same
local setup, forget it. Regardless of other clashes, it's already a
resource burden on one pc to run a single server + the client application.

If you are talking about having both IB and Firebird installed and being
accessed on an "either/or" basis at different times, it's already
possible. I'm doing it.

If you are talking about having IB on one server and Firebird on another,
and clients accessing both simultaneously, that is doable to. (I'm also
doing that. :)) )

I currently have two versions of gds32.dll on the client machine. One
(guess which) was renamed to gds_5_6.dll. I have client apps connecting
through both simultaneously....but the different calls to LoadLibrary are
hard-compiled in the client apps - simple to do with Delphi & IBO. I doubt
it would be simple to do in an installation script...

regards,
Helen


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