can you give me some sample or guideline on hwo to start for example
where to insert record when new connection and where to delete record when
user logout
and how to check for idle???

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam" <s3057043@...>
To: <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:30 AM
Subject: [SPAM] [firebird-support] Re: Fire Bird Database connection issues.


> Of course, but as you have already said, if the connection is
> abandoned (someone just switches off their PC), this record will
> remain in the database.
>
> You will need to create some mechanism, perhaps a keep-alive update of
> the record could be sent from your application every 10 minutes. Your
> connection counter can remove connection records if they are more than
> 20 minutes old.
>
> But Firebird does not have this ability natively. There is no need for
> the database engine because the Firebird licensing allows unlimited
> connections. If you want to introduce limitations for your application
> licensing, you need to create tables and insert / update / delete
> information yourself.
>
> Adam
>
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>> when user login will had a record of from which pc name and ip address
>> and when user logout when delete it.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Adam" <s3057043@...>
>> To: <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 7:38 AM
>> Subject: [SPAM] [firebird-support] Re: Fire Bird Database connection
> issues.
>>
>>
>> > > The reason is I don't want total user pass from a program
>> > > it will not be correct example improple shutdown or
>> > > etc the total user still will remains.
>> > >
>> > > What one want is how many connections from client
>> > > connect to fire bird with from which pc name and ip address.
>> >
>> > And what I have tried to explain is that this information can not be
>> > read through Firebird unless you pass it in.
>> >
>> > You did not state that you were after some sort of connection limit.
>> > All you stated was that you wanted to know the current IP address and
>> > computer name. The only way Firebird will return that to you is if you
>> > store it against the current_connection in a table somewhere.
>> >
>> > You are going to have to maintain your own keep-alive mechanism for
>> > crashes clients (which should hopefully be rare).
>> >
>> > Adam
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>> > > --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Adam" <s3057043@> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > FireBird 1.5 Super Server version, Delphi 7.
>> > > > > I try to use Delphi "Interbase" components TIBDatabase.Usernames
>> > > > > but only can get user name.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Because we need to know total users connected to server
>> > > > > and from which pc and ip address.
>> > > >
>> > > > You will need to insert this information into a table from your
>> > > > program when someone 'logs in'. There are reasonably simple
> windows
>> > > > calls for this information, and lots of sample Delphi functions.
>> > > >
>> > > > > Is it possible to e.g dll to write the function to get
>> > > > > local pc name and ip address and use user define function
>> > > > > to call this dll.
>> > > >
>> > > > Well you could write a UDF to get the PC Name and IP Address, but
>> > > this
>> > > > will be executed on the database server and so will contain
>> > > > information about the DATABASE SERVER. You don't want information
>> > > > about the server, you want information about the clients.
>> > > >
>> > > > > When everytime got user login a trigger
>> > > > > to write this information to a table or variable.
>> > > >
>> > > > There is no trigger on a connection, but there is also nothing
>> > > > stopping you from passing in this information from the login
> screen.
>> > > >
>> > > > Adam
>> > > >
>> > >
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