David Cornelius wrote:

>Thad Humphries wrote:
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>>I thought there used to be something online explaining the
>>differences between the CS and SS Firebird. I cannot find that now.
>>Does it still exist and, if so, where?
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>Here's an old document on the subject:
>http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=ibp_ss_vs_classic
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>I think most of it is still relevant, but read the release notes with a
>current download to get the latest information.
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>>Also, I see lots of support references to 'embedded Firebird'. What
>>is that and how is it different from CS and SS? What platforms is it
>>available for?
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>I believe the embedded version is only available for Win32. It's a .DLL that
>can reside in the same directory as the application itself--therefore very
>simple to deploy and requires no extra server installation procedures. It
>restricts database access to a single-user, local SYSDBA. Other than that, it
>is functionally the same.
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It is available for Linux also. However it is not thread safe.
Niki

>Here's the link to download it (click on the 1.5 release that has "embed" in
>it):
>http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=9028&package_id=29791
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