> Thanks for the detailed answer Artur.
> I know that I can use an existing installation of Firebird but I don't
> want to, your solution will be the "desperate" case. You know, the
> install steps must be next->next->next->... ;)
>
> Now seriously, I don't know why it isn't possible (and why it wasn't
> done from the start) to install how many servers/client libraries I
> want. I mean a server could be a bunch of files in a folder, one file
> being the daemon executable which will start to listen on a standard
> or specified port. The client app will connect to the server and if
> the server/client doesn't understand the protocol then the connection
> is closed with an error message on the client side.
> Is this a way too simplified view? :) Someone enlighten me.
>
> Sorin

Artur also suggested using the embedded server - sounds like that's what you
want. read about it at ibphoenix and just install it as part of your
application.
Alan