On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 03:10:24 -0000, hwhir wrote:

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>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.
>

False. First change your connection string to localhost:<dbfile_path>
instead of <dbfile_path>. There is no such limit on firebird, but not
use it with a local file connection string but with TCP/IP one.
Example:
localhost:c:\test.fdb

not

c:\test.fdb


Better yet, put a alias in the alias.conf file on Firebird base dir
and connect with:

localhost:test