I don't do it this way and now have three machines setup with both IB6.02
and FB1.5RC3

I just ensured that all clients were disconnected from the server. Ran the
full WIN setup for RC3. Then I edited the conf file to make a remoteport
change to 3051 and a remoteservice name to fb_db (the default is still
gds_db)
Then I edited the servers services file to add tcp/3051 fb_db
Then I started the FB service (it's not running directly after the setup).

then you ensure that all clients are using the newly installed gds32.dll
which provides for /portnumber connection strings.

From then on it's a matter of connecting to old IB databases using
servername/3050 and new databases with servername/3051

I haven't had a hitch yet and I use different ODBC drivers as well on the
servers (Intersolv and Gemini)

Alan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Ledgerwood [mailto:tim@...]
> Sent: Friday, 4 July 2003 2:47 PM
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Re: how to use embedded serveur?
>
>
>
> >
> >This is true, but it is a kind of advanced feature at the
> moment. If you want
> >to do this you need to use the .zip file and manually configure
> everything.
> >
> >The downloadable installable executables should have an
> installation readme
> >which states clearly that previous versions should be uninstalled before
> >continuing. This only applies to the installable binaries, but it is
> >currently the only simple way of ensuring that Firebird installs and
> >uninstalls cleanly and without screwing up your system.
> >
> >There are several issues which can cause problems for you, InterBase and
> >Firebird 1.5.
> >
> >o Location of gds32.dll.
> >o Firebird or InterBase binaries in the path.
> >o The port that Firebird listens on.
> >o The named pipe that Firebird uses.
> >
> >are the main ones.
> >
> >
> >Paul
> >--
>
>
> This is all very informative, except it doesn't tell us how to do it. :-)
> Anybody got any tips for those of us who need to do it? The port issue
> seems to have been well explained, but can anyone explain the
> other issues
> or give any tips on how to handle it?
>
> I am in the situation of having recently converted my code to IBO for use
> with FB. Our production systems run on IB 6.02. So if I can't get this
> right, I need to set up a physically separate machine for either DEV or
> PROD development work.
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
>
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