--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>
wrote:

>
> At 02:05 PM 12/01/2006 +0000, you wrote:
> >--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Alan McDonald" <alan@m...>
> >wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > After reading several articles on the subject, I am still

confused.

> > > > Is it true that for Firebird 1.5, a client does not need the

gds_db

> > > > entry in the Services file? Helen mentions nothing about it in her
> >book...
>
> Yes she does. See Chapter 2, pages 36-42 and the RemoteServiceXXXX

entries

> in Chapter 36! The Firebird 1.5.x release notes also have a big

section on

> the topic of custom service port configurations.
>
>
> >
> > > don't be confused... just test it - takes about 60 seconds
> > > Alan
> > >
> >If it were that simple, I'd done it already. It takes (quite) a bit
> >more to connect my test-client to my FB 1.5 server.
> >I did connect it to IB6 however, and there it definitely needed the

entry.

>
> Correct - IB6 needs the entry, whereas Firebird defaults it. If you

need

> to modify it so that gds_db points to a different port, there are a

number

> of ways to do it in Firebird. Go back to the book!
>
> Note that, if you are trying to run both IB6 and Firebird 1.5 on the

same

> host, reconfiguring the service port will be necessary; otherwise,

just

> let sleeping dogs lie.
>
> ./heLen
>

OK I realise that 'Helen mentions nothing about it in her book...' was
a bit too short, what I (also) meant was 'in the section about
installing clients', my apologies.
Anyway my question is answered, as I am not addressing running
multiple servers or otherwise making changes in the default port
settings at all. Thanks, life is going to be easier with FB 1.5!

Hans