Hi,

At October 24, 2003, 16:43, Kyle Miller wrote:

> I am nearly clueless about the new XNET feature of FB 1.5. I
> understand XNET is a local loopback protocol which better performance
> than a local TCP/IP loopback connection.

> 1. How does one use it with Firebird 1.5?

You can't. It hasn't been implemented in FB 1.5. It will be
implemented in FB 2.0.

> 2. Is it automatic if I setting up a local connection without
> specifying server name? Will it work if I do "localhost:<path to my

db>>"? Is there a new syntax for the connection string?

XNET will replace the current local(IPC) protocol.

> I read the updated release document, but it had only one reference to
> XNET.

I didn't read the latest release notes, so I can't comment.

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Best regards,
Daniel Rail
Senior System Engineer
ACCRA Group Inc. (www.accra.ca)
ACCRA Med Software Inc. (www.filopto.com)