Subject RE: [firebird-support] Re: Connecting to Embedded + Superserver from same app
Author Alan McDonald
> From Section 2.2 of the release notes:
>
> The embedded server acts as a true local server for a single
> client accessing databases on a local machine. It can also
> act as a remote gateway that redirects all network calls to
> other hosts, just as the regular client library
> does.
>
> If my understanding is correct, I can connect to:
>
> localhost:MyDB
>
> This is identical to using a normal fbclient.dll and the connection
> is actually to the firebird service on my local machine.
>
> Where as connecting to
>
> c:\database\MyDB.fdb
>
> will use the embedded engine.
>
> (I think that is a better way to look at my question)
>
> Adam

correct