Yes indeed 'Full' is bad idea. It was more for the principle to use it,
to see it it has the desired effect.
I stopped and restarted the server, but still it did not work. The file
firebird.conf seems to be at the
right place. The registry tells the right path and it it one directory
level above firebird.exe
Dieter


Helen Borrie schrieb:

>At 10:16 AM 20/04/2004 +0200, you wrote:
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>>I downloaded Firebird 1.5.4306. I am unable to create an external table,
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>"Full" is a very bad idea, actually.
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>If you change firebird.conf, these are server-level settings. You have to
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>>It works perfectly with 1.0.3
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>It works dangerously with 1.0.3. :-<
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