| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Peer To Peer Installation |
|---|---|
| Author | Helen Borrie |
| Post date | 2004-02-15T23:50:40Z |
At 11:31 PM 15/02/2004 +0000, you wrote:
Pipes networking, you can have a Named Pipes server on one machine and
clients on others, as long as the server isn't on Win9x, ME or XPHome
(which it seems it's not, if you're running Fb as a service. :-) ).
Clients must connect with a connection path like \\servername\D:\path\to\db
(no shares or maps)
OTOH, you can network Firebird with TCP/IP in a network that's also running
peer-to-peer services. Client connection string is then
servername:D:\path\to\db.
Install the client library on computer 2. How-to and what-to depends on
variables you haven't mentioned like Firebird version, where and what-as
your app expects to find the client lib, etc.
/hb
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>I have two computers connected peer to peer. If I have a FirebirdFirebird doesn't support peer-to-peer. If you're talking Windows Named
>database and Firebird running as a service on computer 1. What needs
>to be installed on computer 2 so applications on computer 2 can have
>access to the database too?
Pipes networking, you can have a Named Pipes server on one machine and
clients on others, as long as the server isn't on Win9x, ME or XPHome
(which it seems it's not, if you're running Fb as a service. :-) ).
Clients must connect with a connection path like \\servername\D:\path\to\db
(no shares or maps)
OTOH, you can network Firebird with TCP/IP in a network that's also running
peer-to-peer services. Client connection string is then
servername:D:\path\to\db.
Install the client library on computer 2. How-to and what-to depends on
variables you haven't mentioned like Firebird version, where and what-as
your app expects to find the client lib, etc.
/hb
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