I can assure you firebird is capable of multiple simultaneous
connections. My guess is that you have somehow installed the embedded
server or something like that. How have you installed it? Certain
operations like validation require exclusive control of the database,
so maybe you have accidentally set something like that in your
database components.

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "hwhir" <heather@t...> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to see what the difference is between IB and Firebird.
> Seems like firebird only allows 1 connection to a singel database.
> For example if my program is open and connected to the database and
> then I launch IB console and try to connect to that same database, it
> tells me I'm not allowed because that database is in use.
>
> IB doesnt seem to have this limitation as long as you have enough user
> licenses.
>
> So does this mean if my firebird database was installed on a server
> only 1 person would be able to access my database at a time?
>
> Any info anyone can provide is appreciated.