At 12:36 AM 16/02/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>RESOLUTION
>
>
>My problem related to a vagary of the Firebird 1.5 RC9 install on MS
>Windows. This install places a gds32.dll file in the WINSYS
>directory, though only if there isn't already one there with the
>same or newer version number. The version number installed is
>6.3.0.4288. (Note: my app uses the gds32.dll file and not
>fbclient.dll)
>
>When I installed FB 1.5 RC9, it did NOT install the gds32.dll file
>because one with the same version number already existed in my
>WINSYS directory. I do not know how it got there, I can only assume
>from a different FB install?

Ever heard the acronym "RTFM"? Trying reading README_library_install.txt
in the /doc directory of your Firebird installation.

>In any case, the gds32.dll file that was already on my system turned
>out to be the wrong one. Upon checking it, the version number was
>right but the creation date was wrong (mine had a creation date of 1
>Sep 2003).
>
>I uninstalled FB, deleted the gds32.dll file and then re-installed
>FB. I checked my file and the new gds32.dll file had a creation date
>of todays date.
>
>My app now works fine. The remaining worry is - how did that wierd
>gds32.dll file get in my winsys directory? And what a wierd creation
>date too!

:-) That's life in the pre-release cycle!

>Hope this proves to be of help to someone.

For one who doesn't understand transactions and doesn't read instructions
and assumes that "release candidates" are sealed in glass, you're doing
quite well picking up things up by osmosis. :-)

/hb