At 08:49 PM 28/01/2003 +0000, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I don't know if this is a good idea, but I want to make a application
>with a database running local on a computer. I know I better use
>Paradox tables for something like that, but once you're used to work
>with a RDBMS and use the full power of a DB engine, like triggers and
>SP's, no one likes to go back to flat file tables. I can connect to
>the DB, but queries are so very slowly compared to the same Db
>installed on a server. I know Firebird is a Db designed to work
>through TCP/IP, that's why I'm wondering if you can "cheat" the
>computer and make the thing running fast on a local machine ?

No "cheating" - just use TCP/IP local loopback. The IP address is
127.0.0.1, default server name is localhost but you can use another name,
provided you have it defined in the HOSTS file. If you use localhost, make
sure it has an entry in HOSTS.

heLen