At 11:28 03/11/01 +0000, you wrote:

>there is a FB database on a Linux remote server. From a remote PC,
>I'd like to async connect to the server, assign a time consuming
>batch job, disconnect, wait a few hours, reconnect and read the
>results.

Why not a cron job at the remote server ? Or you can use Expect to execute
telnet and the commands.

>Is this technically possible with a 2-tiers application ?
>
>If I feed a script to the database (with a final COMMIT), will the
>script be executed even if I disconnect from the server ?

isql -i input.sql abc.gdb &

Is the above suggestion correct. Please comment.

>Regards
>
>Peppe Polpo
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