Pardon me, How to choose what kind of firebird ( Super Server or
Classic) prior to install at FreeBSD ( through ports) ?

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:43:54 +1100, Nigel Weeks <nweeks@...> wrote:
>
> What requirements do you have that only SuperServer can provide?
>
> FreeBSD's Firebird port (/usr/ports/databases/firebird/) builds both Classic
> and Embedded Server (libfbembed.so - based on SuperServer), which has
> powered all my apps with roaring performance so far...
>
> Do you really need the shared cache of SS? Have you tried CS with persistent
> connections?
>
> Nige.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Norman McFarlane [mailto:norman@...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 19 January 2005 5:37 PM
> > To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [firebird-support] Firebird on FreeBSD
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Nigel,
> >
> > Thanks for the reply. The guy who did the install for us
> > assured me that
> > only the Classic would run on FreeBSD, and I did visit the web iste to
> > confirm. I'fd be grateful if you'd feedback to me anything
> > you get from the
> > maintainer.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Norman
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _____
> >
> > From: Nigel Weeks [mailto:nweeks@...]
> > Sent: 19 January 2005 00:16
> > To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [firebird-support] Firebird on FreeBSD
> >
> >
> >
> > SuperServer used to be available in the same port, and both
> > versions were
> > installed at the same time - you simply start up the version
> > that you need.
> >
> > As I don't use SuperServer, I hadn't noticed the change.
> > I know the maintainer, so I'll check it out. He's been busy
> > porting Vulcan
> > to FreeBSD...
> >
> > Nige.
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Norman McFarlane [mailto:norman@...]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 18 January 2005 5:45 PM
> > > To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [firebird-support] Firebird on FreeBSD
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi group,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm a new participant having joined a few days ago. I've
> > > already picked up
> > > some interesting tips, and look forward to participating in
> > the forum.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > We've just deployed FreeBSD on our formerly Mandrake Linux Internet
> > > gateway/firewall/uncapped ADSL machine, and I was distressed
> > > to discover
> > > that Firebird is not available in SuperServer version for
> > > FreeBSD. Does
> > > anybody have any idea whether it will be available in a
> > > SuperServer version
> > > for FreeBSD in the future?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > BTW, we need to use FreeBSD as an OS on this box, as it is
> > > *required* by our
> > > uncapped ADSL provider.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks and regards,
> > >
> > > Norman
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _____
> > >
> > > From: Dan Wilson [mailto:dwilson@...]
> > > Sent: 18 January 2005 06:38
> > > To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [firebird-support] C or C++ API
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 1/17/2005 at 3:06 PM Dave Brooks wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > After reading the Dr. Dobbs article about Firebird I
> > > decided to check
> > > > into it. I've installed the Win32 Super Server version;
> > I found the
> > > > examples directory and read through the PDFs in the doc
> > > directory, and
> > > > even searched online for pointers to the current C++ or C API.
> > > >
> > > > I found a posting that said to NOT use the Interbase 6.0
> > > API document.
> > > >
> > > > If someone could point me to the API docs I'd appreciate
> > > it! Thanks in
> > > > advance.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Dave Brooks
> > > >
> > >
> > > You might also take a look at www.ibpp.org. IBPP is a C++
> > > wrapper around
> > > the C API that simplifies your life considerably.
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > >
> > > Dan.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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