I tried IBExpert Personal Edition, placing a copy of the FBEMBED.DLL
in the same directory and specifying it, but the application refused
to open the database, even when it was the only one attempting to do
so and after I set the charset and dialect.

-ken

On 21-Aug-05, at 5:12 AM, Werner F. Bruhin wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> 2. Support for stand-alone databases is extremely sparse, or
>> perhaps=20=20
>> I so not know where to look.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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...
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> 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
>> real fast! When does one know that an IB feature/function also=20=20
>> applies in FB and when FB differs from IB?
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>> -ken
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