Thanks, Artur, I will try this out.

Regards, Robert


--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Artur Anjos" <artur@a...> >

> (Helen already report why the lock file is present)
>
> But what you want is possible.
>
> You just need to redirect the lock file to the hard disk, using a

temp

> folder for this. You will not need to make any change in the

registry. I

> don't remember if the lock file definition is already on

firebird.conf or

> not (we did discuss this for a while in fb-devel). If it doesn't,

there are

> some work around - copying some files to the hard disk before you

run your

> application, and clean them after you close. I know that this isn't

perfect,

> but you will need no more than 2 or 3Mb available on hard disk, and

copy

> will be fast on nowadays computers.
>
> Let me know if this info is enough for you.
>
> I checked an article from a friend of mine, (just in portuguese,

maybe some

> online translator can help you):
> http://www.gladisto.hpg.ig.com.br/artigos/fb_embeded/fb_embeded.htm
>
> He reports that the lock file will not be created if you use read

only

> databases. I'm not sure if he his correct or not in this point, but

I do

> remember that we discuss this some months ago, and I'm sure he did

some

> tests before publish this. So, maybe he is talking about

redirecting the

> lock file to hard disk, and in that case you just need to be abble

to create

> a small file on disk.
>
> Artur