In message <b16qdg+hui3@...>, Nico Callewaert <nico-
callewaert@...> <nico-callewaert@...> writes

>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 ?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Nico Callewaert

I have Interbase running on a local machine, with no problems at all.
Some users connect over the local network, some programs work on the
server, so making the database local.

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Pete Clark