> jeffglarson wrote:
> > Thanks! It had been several months since I had registered databases in
> > FlameRobin and I had forgotten about using the "local" path;
> > FlameRobin unhelpfully lets you browse to the share path...
>
> We gave you the shotgun... watch where you aim ;)
>
> Joke aside, this has already been discussed on FR list. It is actually a
> useful feature: For example, you might have a database on another
> machine located in C:\some\very\long\path.fdb, and C: is also shared as
> Z: on machine with FlameRobin. Now, instead of having to type all that,
> you can simply browse the Z: disk, click Open, and then change Z: into
> C: and have the complete path.
>
> That being said, AFAIK it is trivial to disable the shared drives (just
> a flag in file dialog function), but I guess users using this 'feature'
> would then complain. However, feel free to discuss this in further on
> FlameRobin mailing list:

I agree with Milan here.

In Database Workbench you can also browse to whatever you like,
but I mostly use it to browse to a local database to which I connect
as a remote connection (which happens to be my local machine).

Martijn Tonies
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