The problem is that I cannot setup a server in the work environment to host
the firebird server. My PC is not always going to be on. So installing the
server there would not be stable enough. It just seem to me that embedded
should work on any drive type. Why does it matter if its a network drive.

>From: "Antti Kurenniemi" <Antti@...>
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>It's really super-easy to install the FB server - I come from a
>mapped-drive-access background, and once I got myself to try client-server
>with FireBird, I immediately thought to myself "why have I spent all that
>time creating shares and mapping them, when a simple client-server setup
>would have been so much easier to maintain?". Just give it a go. You can
>even install the FB server on your own machine and connect to it as if it
>were a "real" c/s system, by using the 127.0.0.1 (localhost) loopback
>address, which makes it real easy and safe to learn the setup without
>touching your real environment.
>
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>Antti Kurenniemi
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "S C" <pc_phd@...>
>To: <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 6:51 PM
>Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Embedded Database from server share.
>
>
> > The reason I am using firebird embedded is to replace using access dBs.
>I
> > do not want to install a server. In my company mapped drives are used
>for
> > all my data storage. FireBrid will only work for my purposes from a
> > mapped
> > drive embedded. Is there any work around for accessing a FireBird dB
>on
> > a
> > shared drive.
> >
> >
> > At 08:06 PM 11/01/2006 +0000, you wrote:
> >>Can you access a firebird 1.5 dB from a mapped drive on a server\share
> >>using the embedded dll?
> >
> > No.
> >
> >>
> >>I keep getting the error "Unsuccessful execution caused by a system
> >>error that preludes successful execution of subsequent statements.
> >>Unable to complete network request to host "servername". Failed to
> >>establish a connection. The system cannot find the file Specified. .
> >>Any suggestions?
> >
> > Don't try to access databases via shares.
> >
> > The embedded model is specifically for "stand-alone" use, with the
>client
> > and the embedded server sharing the same IPC space, which is memory that
> > is
> > managed by the local machine. If you want to access a networked
>database,
> > you have to use a server model that uses a network transport - meaning a
> > full Classic or Superserver server running on the server and the client
> > accessing the server via a network protocol.
> >
> > ./heLen
> >
> >
> >
> >
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