Frank,

g> Tried to upgrade my x-tier application from FB 1.5.3 to FB 2.0 with
g> success first. Then I noticed that the new GDS32.DDL breaks support
g> with IBX but only on Windows 2003 Server. Windows 2000 Pro SP4 and
g> WinXP SP2 still work without that problem. Any idea what the cause
g> could be? I know this sounds rather strange but when simply replacing
g> the GDS32.DLL with the one of FB 1.5.3 all works as expected. IBX
g> throws the exception that the GDS32.DLL could not be found.

according to what I have observed, Windows 2003 Server applies
different path precedence rules for loading DLLs, and so libraries
found in the application folder or in the system folder might not
always be found. I don't know the details, though.

Are you deploying the library in your application's folder, in the
system folder or where else? You mention a 3-tier setup. Does your
middle tier work as an IIS module?

I am puzzled that replacing the library with the one from Fb 1.5 makes
it work, so the problem might not be related to what I reported above.
Does it keep working if you re-replace the library back with the one
from Fb 2.0? Does it work with Fb2's library in a different folder?

Ciao
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Nando Dessena
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