At 02:02 PM 1/04/2004 +0300, you wrote:

> >>Under Linux it is not possible, since it is using classic architecture.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >What is it that you are saying is not possible under Linux?
> >
> >/heLen
> >
> >
>You cannot open multiple connections from an application to a database
>under Linux using embedded version

Hmm....I'm trying to process that one. Simply, libfbembed.so is
non-threading, so the question of multiple connections from a single
application doesn't arise. It's a genuine "direct-connect": if you are
connected, you are connected to a running server process. If you
disconnect, the server process goes away.

You can run as many instances of libfbembed.so as you want, connecting to
the same database - there is no exclusive file locking on Classic.

The Windows embedded *server* model is a Superserver variant, not a Classic
instance as the embedded *library* (libfbembed.so) is on Linux. The
limitation on having multiple instances of a Windows embedded server
application relates to the exclusive locking of the database by the first
process spawned by the Superserver. An embedded server is always the first
and, therefore the only connection.

I'm reliably informed that libfbclient.so can be used for multi-threading
connections to Fb 1.5 Classic servers on either Windows or Linux, though I
haven't tried it myself.

/heLen