On 4 Jun 2004 at 7:21, Michael Vilhelmsen wrote:

>Last week I asked what would happen if I had a server running FB 1.0.3
>and the client using a older version of GDS32 (or a newer version).
>The answers was more or less, that I shouldn't do that......

Actually, it is not recommended. Every version of server has its
own bugs and every version of client does the same. Some combinations
of client, server and application work well, others are in problems.

>Is it really that big a problem using different versions of GDS with
>different versions of FB ?

During tests I used FB1.5 client with FB1 server, IB5 client with
FB1 server, IB5 client with FB2 server, FB2 client with IB5 server.
It caused wide range of reaction: from flawless work to AV. All this
is a matter of your personal luck, IMHO.

>And last.....
>
>Upgrading the GDS32 on a client could be done be just copying a new
>GDS32.DLL file onto the client or do I need to do something else ?

Take care about Firebird.msg (intrbase.msg). This file must
correspond to version of client library.

SY, Dimitry Sibiryakov.