--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>
wrote:

> At 05:40 PM 31/03/2004 +0300, you wrote:
> >You cannot run two apps that connects to one database.
> >Simply first app will lock it.
>
> That is **wrong** for all cases except the embedded server. You

can run

> many different apps that connect to the same database. But use

local

> connect is not a safe way to do so.

Can you elaborate and clarify?

Specifically: If I'm running the server and two different
application EXE's on a Windows XP box, and both of them
connect to the database by specifying

"C:\DB\SharedDatabase.gdb"

instead of

"SharedComputerName:C:\DB\SharedDatabase.gdb"

it will work but is not "safe"?

Specific questions:

1. What does "not safe" mean? Database corruption?

2. Is this a problem on Interbase 5.6, Firebird 1.5, or both?