Thanks to everyone, replies have given the exact information i need. thank
you.

Regards
Martin.

At 11:48 PM 25/05/03 +1000, you wrote:

>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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