on workstations, use the path:
for fb 1.0
WINSERVER:\c:\fb\data\mydb.fdb

for fb1.5
WINSERVER:mydb

for fb1.5 also edit aliases.conf (on server c:\fb) and put
mydb=c:\fb\data\mydb.fdb

clients does not access the database file.
so, you don't need to share the folder c:\fb\data.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: PUB: Klerman Gutierrez [mailto:klerman@...]
> Sent: Miércoles, 07 de Mayo (5) del 2003 23:36
> To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ib-support] Re: Database path on a network...
>
>
> Alan,
>
> I'm writing the app in a machine with Win2000, FB and Access,
> that acts both
> as a FB server and a client for FB as the app runs here while is being
> written.
> I have installed FB in a folder called "c:\fb", and my database in
> "c:\fb\data\mydb.fdb".
> In this machine, I setup a DSN with a database path of
> "c\fb\data\mydb.fdb",
> and the application is running OK.
> Now for the network. I'll install FB on the server, in a
> folder with the
> same name as above. I'll install the ODBC driver on each of the
> workstations.
> My server has a name "WINSERVER".
> What do I type on "database path" on each of the workstations DSN
> configuration ?.
>
> TVMIA,
>
> Klerman
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