From: "kimon_the_athenian2" <kimon_the_athenian2@...>

> Adam, if I understand correctly then your suggestion only works for
> firebird service, not application, im I right?
>
> Alan, I don't want to use embedded fb because I got advice from this
> forum not to use embedded fb when the application using it is not
> robust enought (or otherwise application bugs can accidentally
> corrupt database)
>
> The users of my app have generally very old computers and so I don't
> want to leave FB running when my application is finished.

The FB server has a very small footprint and takes almost no CPU time when
nothing is using it. It just kind of sits there, if you will. Even on older,
slower machines, IMHO, it has minimal impact on the system itself.

I'm more interested in why you were told that embedded requires a "more
robust" program than the regular server version. ISTM, writing apps for
multiple users requires more than writing apps for a single user. Maybe
there was something else involved, I don't know.

Woody (TMW)