Thursday, October 30, 2003, 3:44:17 PM, Martijn Tonies wrote:
MT> Hi Benon,

>> I am new to using IB Firebird, the question I have is I have a Firebird
>> server running at a remote location. I need to access this via a client
>> that I can execute SQL querries and do things like dump the SQL of the
>> DB. Something similar to enterprise manager MS SQL server. I have
>> downloaded virtually all the clients recommended on the Firebird site,
>> but they all seem to have the remote functionality grayed out.

MT> ? Can you explain? I'm pretty sure they should all work just fine for
MT> remote sites. There are several - including Database Workbench
MT> ( www.upscene.com ) that people use to access database pretty much
MT> everywhere.

>>Also the
>> ODBC drivers only seem to support DB on a local LAN segment (i.e. you
>> need access to the DB files).

MT> No, you don't need access to the db file, you need access to the
MT> Firebird service.

Yeah, how to access Firebird service ?
I've just tried IBExpert, i have to browse for db file to register it.

>> Am I doing something wrong, do I need some special software to be able
>> to do this?

MT> I guess you're doing something wrong :-)


MT> With regards,

MT> Martijn Tonies


rgrds,
Gulut