Subject RE: [firebird-support] Re: Need clarification on remote firebird connection
Author Alan McDonald
> Sorry if my previous posting are confusing.
>
> What I have is a single client (using IBO) application connected to a
> local firebird server and it will also connect to a remote firebird
> server using TCP/IP to check other branch's stock, run queries etc. If
> disconnection occured in the midway of data transfer from the remote
> server, will the remote firebird server get stuck (i.e. keep sending
> the remaining data)?
>
> Do I need to do any database maintenance works on the remote server if
> that occured?
>
> I hope you can understand what i am trying to say. Sorry for my poor
> english.
>
> Thanks,
> Kenneth Man

if the connection is dropped, eventually the server will realise - it will
rollback any open transactions and let the server regain the resources it
allocated. If this were not the case, then servers would constantly need
reboots/restarts where users were prone to hitting the 3 finger salute on
their PC
Alan

>
> > Is one client *application* connecting to two firebird servers at
> once;
> >
> > or
> >
> > Are two different applications on the same client *machine* each
> connecting
> > to a different server?
> >
> > It makes a difference to the answer to this question!
> >
> > ./heLen
>