I don't think in IB/FB the gdb can reside on a mapped drive

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Paul M. wrote:

>
> Hi, Scott.
>
> He was mapping the server's drive, then setting z:\thepath\theDBfile.gdb as
> the database to connect to, assuming that z: is the mapped drive. The DB
> Server is running on the NTServer whose drive is being mapped.
>
> I recommended that he switched to TCP/IP to access the DB, which he did.
> However, after a period of time, this caused the server to lock out all the
> clients.
>
> I think I've sorted out the problem now, though. He had a small app running
> on the server that backed up the database at half hour intervals, which was
> still accessing it via the path, rather than TCP/IP. Someone else has
> informed me that if you use two different protocols to access the DB,
> Interbase can crash. Therefore I'm pretty sure that this is the problem, and
> that the disconnected machine was a red herring.
>
> Does this sound right to the interbase gurus here?
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul Matthews
> ProSouth Technology Solutions
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Taylor [mailto:scott@...]
> Sent: Thursday, 11 July 2002 5:04 a.m.
> To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [ib-support] Interbase disconnecting all clients
>
> At 05:13 PM 09/07/2002, you wrote:
>
> >He recently switched to TCP/IP to connect clients to the IB6 server.
> >(Previously he was mapping the server's drive on each client, and accessing
> >the DB through the mapped drive). Everything
> >works fine until he disconnects the network cable on his laptop (also
> >running the client). At this stage ALL clients on the network lose their
> >connection to the IB server, which the application doesn't particularly
> like
> >:)
>
> What is the connection string on the clients?
>
> >This doesn't happen if he maps the server's drive, and accesses the IB DB
> in
> >this way.
>
> How do you access the database over a mapped drive? Which machine is
> serving (running) ibserver?
>
> >Theoretically, disconnecting one machine shouldn't cause the IB server to
> >drop all connections, but it does.
>
> Not theoretically, verily. Something else is wrong here.
>
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