Hi Thomas,

> > Already thought of a multi-instance install?
> Yes, but I'm not sure about the consequences (ports on firewalls, allready
> used ports,...). And I don't know, how to setup this. In Addition, most of

If you need remote access, you might need to adjust the firewall settings.
Makes sense.

> the other applications use interbase/firebird with a local installation so
> my server (if supperserver - not embedded) should be relativeley save. The
> problems ocure mainly on the client-computers.
>
> > You can install Fb 1.5 and use it on a different port -
> > next, install the client in your apps dir so that remote
> > clients will use the right version of "fbclient.dll".
> > Make sure to connect to your own remote Firebird
> > service.
> Do you think (or better know?) that it's ok to have multible instances of
> the GDS32.dll running at the same time on the same port from different
> locations on the same machine?

I don't think you can.

>With different versions and different
> protokolls and database-locations (local and/or remote).

You should always use the same version of both server and client.

> What about the firebird.msg-file(s) what about the intl-support? Do they
> both work like in the embedded version? Don't they use registry-entries if
> there are any - even if they are from another version?

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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