never use a mapped drive....
the drive is always relative to the server
it must be a system drive of the server box
clients never connect to the gdb (database file), they connect to the server
by telling (asking) the server to connect to the file for the client.
connections strings are typically
server:drive:\path\filename.ext

Alan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin [mailto:marty_gully@...]
> Sent: Sunday, 25 May 2003 11:21 PM
> To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [ib-support] Re: Firebird installation
>
>
> Thanks for the info. this also brings me to another point. the database
> that is going to be accessed will only be available on the local
> lan. what
> is the recommended way of connecting to the database file on the server
> (eg. mapped drive directly to the db location or is there another better
> way?) at the moment im doing some major work in my app to convert
> it to use
> the interbase db. are there any other factors that i might need
> to consider
> when im installing the client?
>
> At 11:51 AM 25/05/03 +0200, you wrote:
>
> >Hi Martin,
> >
> > > Well i will be distributing the windows version of firebird 1.02,
> > > and possibly moving to 1.5 after it is released. But for now what i
> > > need to know is:
> > >
> > > is there just a client version of 1.02 that i can install on each
> > > client machine on a network that will connect up to the server where
> > > the database will be located or would i have to install the normal
> > > server version on each client machine?
> >
> >There's no official client-only installation package. Maybe someone
> >has built one, but I don't know. You normally use the same
> >installation program (Firebird-1.0.2.908-Win32.exe) and choose for
> >"client only" or "client with tools" instead of server installation.
> >
> >A client is not bound to a specific server. Any client can connect to
> >any server, as long as that server is reachable from the client
> >computer. Your software has to specify what server to connect to.
> >
> >
> >Greetings,
> >Paul Vinkenoog
> >
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