| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Can firebird be used on a windows peer to peer network? |
|---|---|
| Author | Helen Borrie |
| Post date | 2004-07-09T09:33:21Z |
At 09:04 AM 9/07/2004 +0000, you wrote:
peer-to-peer is file-sharing and device-sharing. Your choices are tcp/ip or
named pipes. You can be running peer-to-peer stuff on the network at the
same time as you have clients attaching to and communicating with the
server via tcp/ip or named pipes.
2. For simplicity, decide on one machine that's to be the server. If you
choose the Win98 machine, you can ONLY use tcp/ip. If you choose the XP
machine, you have the option of Windows named pipes (though its not a good
protocol for database connections, too noisy).
3. All databases MUST be on the *same* machine as the server - not on
shares or mapped drives (as you have already discovered).
4. Each client machine must have a copy of the correct client
library. For Firebird 1.5, the client is named fbclient.dll. If you are
using Borland stuff for your apps, you can generate a "borland-compatible"
version named gds32.dll. Copy this into the Windows directory (Win98) or
Windows\system32 (XP), over the top of any gds32.dll that is currently there.
5. Assuming you use tcp/ip (recommended), test the network connections by
pinging the server. For this you need to know the server's IP address or
(if it is a properly set up XP Pro machine) its host name. Win98 machines
don't have host names but you can create one that Firebird can use by
making an entry in the Hosts files of both server and clients. (You can
get more info about this from the Firebird Quick Start Guide). If the
client machine gets a ping response from the server, then you're ready to go.
6. Let's say you have a database test.fdb on the server in
c:\databases. You have host file entries for the server as
10.12.13.1 MyHost
OK, to connect your app, e.g. IB_SQL, to the database, use this connection
string:
MyHost:c:\databases\test.fdb
Supply a valid username and password, and you're in.
Note, if you MUST, the connection string using the named pipes protocol is:
\\MyHost\c:\databases\test.fdb
/heLen
>Hi1. Windows peer-to-peer networking is not a supported protocol: Windows
>
>Sorry to ask what is probably another stupid question but I have been
>trying to find/work out the answer for several days now...
>
>In the process of converting my paradox based app, I have used the
>firebird-1.5.0.4306-win32.exe to install firebird to the c: drive of
>several machines and then run my test app with no problems.
>
>I now need to work out how it will be installed to a LAN and as a
>first step was trying to install it to my peer to peer network (win98
>and winxp).
>
>I have tried installing firebird to c drive and installing my app and
>database to \\study-2\SharedDocs\FireBirdTestDir but I get an IO
>error. During the installation, an ini is created that stores the
>application dir, in this case '\\study-2\SharedDocs\FireBirdTestDir'.
>This is then used as the databaseName for my IB_ connection. I also
>tried installing firebird to \\study-2\SharedDocs\FireBirdTestDir.
>
>I also read on www.alanti.net/firebird/inst/ that i need a copy of
>gds32.dll in the app dir, but that didnt seem to help.
>
>I have read in the quick start-up guide that 'shares do not work' is
>this the problem?
>
>This is probably a daft question but I am new to both networks and
>client server db's!
>
>Many thanks for your time and knowledge
peer-to-peer is file-sharing and device-sharing. Your choices are tcp/ip or
named pipes. You can be running peer-to-peer stuff on the network at the
same time as you have clients attaching to and communicating with the
server via tcp/ip or named pipes.
2. For simplicity, decide on one machine that's to be the server. If you
choose the Win98 machine, you can ONLY use tcp/ip. If you choose the XP
machine, you have the option of Windows named pipes (though its not a good
protocol for database connections, too noisy).
3. All databases MUST be on the *same* machine as the server - not on
shares or mapped drives (as you have already discovered).
4. Each client machine must have a copy of the correct client
library. For Firebird 1.5, the client is named fbclient.dll. If you are
using Borland stuff for your apps, you can generate a "borland-compatible"
version named gds32.dll. Copy this into the Windows directory (Win98) or
Windows\system32 (XP), over the top of any gds32.dll that is currently there.
5. Assuming you use tcp/ip (recommended), test the network connections by
pinging the server. For this you need to know the server's IP address or
(if it is a properly set up XP Pro machine) its host name. Win98 machines
don't have host names but you can create one that Firebird can use by
making an entry in the Hosts files of both server and clients. (You can
get more info about this from the Firebird Quick Start Guide). If the
client machine gets a ping response from the server, then you're ready to go.
6. Let's say you have a database test.fdb on the server in
c:\databases. You have host file entries for the server as
10.12.13.1 MyHost
OK, to connect your app, e.g. IB_SQL, to the database, use this connection
string:
MyHost:c:\databases\test.fdb
Supply a valid username and password, and you're in.
Note, if you MUST, the connection string using the named pipes protocol is:
\\MyHost\c:\databases\test.fdb
/heLen