| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Re: FB install questions. |
|---|---|
| Author | Helen Borrie |
| Post date | 2004-03-11T12:20:59Z |
At 11:51 AM 11/03/2004 +0000, you wrote:
on both Windows and Firebird. Sorry, Eddie, but that is a red herring to
this guy's problems.
default would have been to install the service and start the server.
embedded server is a *deployment* option. Use the standard installation
and get your head around what it means to write a client application. When
you are ready, your very same client application executable will work with
the embedded server. If you use the database aliasing feature, you can
even "soft-code" the connection parameters into your app and just change
the alias when you are ready to being testing it out with embedded.
the basics.
installation. It might only take you a couple of days to write a "Hello
World" app. that connects to a database and does something world-shattering
to the employee database. Get it working nicely with the regular client and
a running server, everything in its default place. Then set up an embedded
installation with all of its custom bits and pieces of filesystem, change
the alias, and off you go.
/heLen
>--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Eddie Bush" <eabush@s...> wrote:It is *not* the right place for someone to start if he is a complete newbie
> > Larry,
> >
> > If you're trying to build a "desktop database" sort of application,
>you probably wanted Firebird-1.5.0.4290_embed_win32.zip. That's the
>distribution for the embedded server.
on both Windows and Firebird. Sorry, Eddie, but that is a red herring to
this guy's problems.
>Thanks Eddie:If you ran the installer and you are on Win2K, XP or Server2003 then the
>
> It sounds like I've come full circle. I
>started with the embedded zip, loaded the
>server zip for the include files, have now
>run the installer, selecting the super
>server, but to not start the service.
default would have been to install the service and start the server.
> What does the installer bring to theYes. No matter what architecture you use, they are all client/server. The
>table? Does it add goodies a newbie
>like me, using the embedded server, will
>find useful?
embedded server is a *deployment* option. Use the standard installation
and get your head around what it means to write a client application. When
you are ready, your very same client application executable will work with
the embedded server. If you use the database aliasing feature, you can
even "soft-code" the connection parameters into your app and just change
the alias when you are ready to being testing it out with embedded.
>Or should I uninstall firebird and use the zip kits?Most definitely not. Stick with the standard installation so you can grok
the basics.
> I haven't had this assumption confirmed.True, it has been thoroughly observed. <g> Look, use the standard
>As you have seen, my assumptions can be way
>off base.
installation. It might only take you a couple of days to write a "Hello
World" app. that connects to a database and does something world-shattering
to the employee database. Get it working nicely with the regular client and
a running server, everything in its default place. Then set up an embedded
installation with all of its custom bits and pieces of filesystem, change
the alias, and off you go.
> Laptop application, non-technical usersIt sure is. But learn to walk before you try to run.
>who need the simplest installation possible.
>That's a good use of the embedded server,
>right?
/heLen