Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: embedded firebird - UDF problem
Author Helen Borrie
At 12:27 AM 12/09/2005 +0200, you wrote:
>On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 02:22:40PM +0200, Bogus³aw Brandys wrote:
> > Try to change in each client computer (not 10.10.10.1 computer) inside
> > firebird.conf
> >
> > UdfAccess = Restrict \\10.10.10.1\app\udf
>
>Thanks, I have tryied it.
>It doesn't work.
>
>UdfAccess = Restrict X:\app\udf
>works fine (\\10.10.10.1 is mapped to the drive letter X:),
>but I can't leave this mapping permament.
>(non-technical reasons :)
>
>Looks like there is something strange in the code
>which opens/loads UDF dlls.

Not strange. UDF libraries are an extension of the database
engine; therefore, the database engine expects to recognise their location
as local relative to its own.

And while locating different parts of the engine on different hosts might
be possible with Windows shares, it is certainly not recommended. What
astonishes me is that you want this centralised functionality, yet are
using the embedded engine on each client.

./heLen