Woody,

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

I subscribe.

W> I'm more interested in why you were told that embedded requires a "more
W> robust" program than the regular server version.

I think I know where this comes from. It is indeed true that an
application error has the potential to trash the engine's memory (and
thus the database) if the engine resides in the application prosedd
space. It is much more difficult if the engine resides in a separate
process.

Ciao
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