Hi Ross,

> I have one app on the databse server PC and others on a LAN talking to the
> database. Can the app on the db server be using localhost and the others
> connecting using tcpIP and the server name and database path?

This will work just fine.

> Is it better to remove the app from the db server altogether and just have
> the XPPro pc as a dabase server?
> IB (I think) is causing me problems if an app is on the same PC as the db
> server.

I doubt it very much that this is a problem. Unless you're using the
local connection (not localhost).

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
Server.
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