> >> M> Embedded Firebird only accepts a single connection.
> >>
> >> where did you get that piece of information from? Embedded Firebird
> >> actually accepts as many attachments as you wish, provided they come
> >> from the same embedding process.
>
> M> Can't remember where - if I'm wrong, that I stand corrected :-)
>
> It would be good to finally know for sure! :-) The readme doesn't address
> this issue in the limitations section, which may mean there aren't
> limitations of this kind. It comes close in two places:
>
> The embedded server is a fully functional server linked
> as a dynamic library (fbembed.dll). It has exactly the
> same features as the usual server and exports the
> standard Firebird API entrypoints.
>
> and
>
> But you should be aware that you cannot access single
> database from a number of the embedded servers
> simultaneously, because they have SuperServer architecture
> and hence exclusively lock attached databases.

You can have several connections to one database with one
and the same embedded server, but you can't connect via
another embedded server instance to a database which is
already "in use" by another embedded server. ;-)


Best Regards,
Thomas Steinmaurer

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