Hi,

I assume that stand-alone means embedded?!

I deploy my little app using the Firebird 1.5 embedded server, but on my
development machine I use the full server as it is handy to be able to
look at the database while the app is open which would not be possible
with the embedded.

To maintain the database I use IBexpert Personal edition
(http://www.ibexpert.com/) and I believe you could use it to connect to
a db with the embedded server as it allows to define the client library
per connection you configure.

See you
Werner

Ken & Deb Allen wrote:

> We have a case where we wanted to develop the dedicated (stand-alone)=20=20
> use of a single database from a Windows service. We installed the=20=20
> stand-alone Firebird engine and the Firebird .Net Data Provideer=20=20
> for .Net 1.1 and we figured out how to create and connect to the=20=20
> database and how to create the schema, populate tables and query=20=20
> data. Cool.
>
> 1. I am very new to Firebird (less than 4 days), but it seems=20=20
> incredibly difficult to find any documentation on how to do simple=20=20
> things, like format the connection string. Information is scattered=20=20
> all over the place, and I finally found most of my answers indirectly=20=20
> in newsgroup entries while researching other issues.
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> 2. Support for stand-alone databases is extremely sparse, or perhaps=20=20
> I so not know where to look.
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> 3. Is there any way to get some of the tools out there to work with=20=20
> stand-alone databases? I have downloaded a few, but they all seem to=20=20
> demand that I am running a Firebird server.
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> 4. On the same note, can I install the Firebird server and have it=20=20
> communicate with my stand-alone database as well? Obviously I would=20=20
> not want the server and my service attempting to access the same=20=20
> database concurrently, but...
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> 5. Are there any command line tools that I can use with the stand-=20
> alone database? Do I have to do anything special to install them?
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> 6. I know that Firebird has a history from another product=20=20
> (Interbase?), but all of the constant cross-references get confusing=20=20
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> applies in FB and when FB differs from IB?
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> -ken
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