Hi,

> > > The fact is I did ran both IB and FB on the same port on my
> computer
> > > and seems to work well.
> >
> > You're talking nonsense here. Two applications/services CANNOT
> > be listening on the same port.
> >
> > I bet that if you check the server log of one of them, you will see
> > errors in it about being "unable to bind to the port" or something
> > similar.
> >
> >
>
> There is no errors in log files.

Well, at least one of the services cannot start.

>However, OK, I will configure
> Firebird with another port if it's the only way to not run into
> troubles.
>
> So, if Firebird is listening on another port, is both (IB and FB)
> can run at the same time without any problems ?

Yes. But you need to specify the connection port in your
Firebird application when connecting to a database.

> Also, which port number should I use for FB ?

Whatever. As long as it's free. There's a special section
in the Firebird release notes about running a second or
non-default instance of Firebird on a different port. Read
it.

> Is FB will change is default port number in a next release so that
> IB 6 and FB could run on the same machine without having to change
> configuration manually ?

Oh sure, and it just breaks compatibility with all existing Firebird
applications ;-)

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
Server.
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com