At 2:43 PM -0700 5/13/04, Rafael Szuminski wrote:

><SNIP>
>> If everyone follow the rules for client/server deployment, you shouldn't
>> have any problems deploying your application: just ask for the sysdba
> > password and you're ready to go.
>
>Most of us have switched to IB/FB from some other desktop or client/server
>database becasue of the power and ease of deployment. As far as I
>see it, FB has
>a great potential to succeed in this space, but deployment problems like this
>need to be soon before FB gets a bad rap..

[Vaguely On Topic]
This type of problem is precisely why my company steered away from
Interbase years ago.

Now that Firebird is available in an embedded environment, we address
this problem by never installing the server -- just install the
embedded system. We then use either our favorite Delphi middleware
<http://www.AstaTech.com> or an embedded Delphi Web server to
interact with the database.

Looking forward, we're reviewing the numerous Python application
servers which can also embed Firebird and make a similar move to
Linux, Mac OS X, etc.

I realize that this solution is not suitable for everyone, but for us
it provides a highly controlled install environment.

--

Raymond Cote
Appropriate Solutions, Inc.
PO Box 458 ~ Peterborough, NH 03458-0458
Phone: 603.924.6079 ~ Fax: 603.924.8668
rgacote(at)AppropriateSolutions.com
www.AppropriateSolutions.com