Helen Borrie wrote:

>>Is there some documentation on how to set up and connect to databases using
>>Firebird Aliases?
>
>
> It's briefly documented in WhatsNew.txt. That's about all there is to it.
>
> 1. Open aliases.conf and make entries like:
>
> db1 = c:\data\MyBelovedDb.fdb
> db2 = /opt/databases/penguindb.fdb
> ... and so on.
>
> In your connection string, replace the path element of the string with the
> alias name, e.g.
>
> regular connection strings:
> winserver:c:\data\MyBelovedDb.fdb
> linserver:/opt/databases/penguindb.fdb
>
> become
>
> winserver:db1
> linserver:db2
>
> You need to restart the server to have the aliases take effect.

Thanks for pointing that out. That's a useful feature, which should simplify our
installation.

Do you need to reboot the machine, or just shutdown and restart firebird? If so,
what is the proecdure for restarting firebird under XP?

Regards,

Mark