Thanks to all who responded. I thought this was probably the situation, but
when customers ask for something like this, it's good to have the facts at
hand when you tell them NO!

Tom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Helen Borrie [mailto:helebor@...]
> Sent: Friday, 2 April 2004 00:57
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Database on network drive?
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> At 02:42 PM 1/04/2004 +0200, you wrote:
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> >Tom Munro Glass schrieb:
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> > > Will FB, either the full server or the embedded server, work with a
> > database
> > > file located on a fileserver? The file could either be
> accessible via a
> > > mapped network drive or a UNC address.
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> >If really required it should be an simple modification in jrd.cpp.
> >Just remove the checks for network drives (ISC_check_if_remote) and
> >recompile the server.
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> >Beware: Firebird might damage databases opened from several machines!
> >Super-Server should prevent this by exclusively locking the file -
> >this should block other machines from accessing it.
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> Erm, don't try this on any database you love. It's not a question of
> removing the checks for network drives. The Firebird server manages its
> own diskspace. To do so, it has to request its host OS for space to
> allocate. If you're really keen to break a database, don't go to the
> trouble of hacking the code. There's a configuration setting in
> firebird.conf put there for the benefit of those who like cheap thrills.
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> /hb
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