Adam:

I use this local temporary database because I am migrating an application which used dBase tables with BDE and it uses temporary tables. I also think that using it I reduces the wire traffic when processing the data. Is it true or I am wrong?

I am getting temporary directory using the API function GetTempPath.


I did what you suggest and it worked fine. I extract fbembed.dll from Firebird-1.5.1.4481_embed_win32.zip, I rename it gds32.dll and copied it into the folder of my application. I also copied the files
ib_util.dll
firebird.msg
intl\fbintl.dll
udf\fbudf.dll
udf\ib_udf.dll

But I'm not sure if firebird.msg is needed. Is it needed?

I also don't know if I have to copy firebird.conf. Is this file necessary in the client PC2?

Now I have only one problem (which I know :-) None of my PCs (neither PC1 nor PC2) are connected to internet. They are only in a LAN. When my application starts in PC2, when it executes the command IBDataBase1.Connected:=True, with DataBaseName property set to PC1:DataBaseAlias1 to conect to the first database in PC1, it opens the windows dialog to connect to a Dial Up conection. I press "Cancel" and then it conects without any problem to the first database in PC1 and to the others (it conects to 4 databases in PC1). It seems as it first tries to look for the host PC1 in internet and if it doesn't find it, it looks for it in the LAN.

Can I avoid this Windows dialog in any way?

Thanks again

Gustavo
----- Mensaje original -----
De: Adam
Para: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Enviado: Lunes, 20 de Junio de 2005 23:45
Asunto: [firebird-support] Re: Client in FireBird

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Gustavo" <gusm@d...> wrote:
> Adam:
>
> Thank you very much for your answer.
>
> I renamed fbclient.dll to gds32.dll and now the application
starts OK in PC2 and connects OK to database in PC1:DataBaseAlias1.
>
> Now I have another problem. When it starts, the application
creates a local temporary database in Windows Temp directory. This is
done with an IBX TIBDataBase component with
C:\Windows\Temp\TempDataBase0.FDB in its DataBaseName property and
using the method CreateDataBase. In PC1 (the server) this works fine
(obviously using the right Windows Temp directory) but in PC2 (the
client with Windows 98), the CreateDataBase fails and gets the
message "unavailable database".
>
> Do you (or someone else) know what's the reason and how can I
solve it?

Hello Gustavo,

What are you trying to achieve with this local temporary database? Is
it about reducing over the wire traffic when processing the data, or
is it a legacy decision on how it used to have to be done using
whatever engine you used to use?

Create Database is a command that must be issued to a computer
running a FB Server. I doubt this is an OS issue, but rather a
concept issue.

If you do actually need a local temporary database, then consider
using the embedded version of FB. Download it (then rename it to
gds32.dll in place of the one that you currently use, and then you
should be able to create the database). I would look up the $TEMP
environment variable rather than searching for windows\temp though,
because not all windows versions use c:\windows\temp by default (nt /
2k for a start)

Adam






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