Hi Martin,

> 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?)

You can't use mapped drives: for reasons of security and data
integrity, the database must always be on the same computer as the
server accessing it.

The preferred connection protocol is TCP-IP, even if client and server
(and database) are all on the same computer. How exactly you specify
the connection string may depend on the client application; the
general form for databases on Unix servers is

servername:/path/to/database/mydatabase.fdb

and on Windows servers:

servername:X:\path\to\database\mydatabase.fdb

where X is the drive letter.


BTW, I think you should visit

http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=ibp_download

and pick up the Firebird Quick Start Guide. And there's lots more!


Greetings,
Paul Vinkenoog