Subject | Two or more versions of FB in the same machine as services |
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Author | Fabiano Bonin |
Post date | 2008-04-21T09:13:03Z |
> Helen said:I would like to know how can i register an instance of FB as a service
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> Yes, you can run two (or more) versions of Firebird as services. Nobody suggested otherwise. What you can't do is use the distributed Win installer to do it. You'll need to do it
> manually, using the zip kit and a different service name and whatever it takes to have the services listen on different ports and the applications connect to the right port. What you
> must *never* do is have both services connecting to the same databases. On Windows, Superserver prevents this; Classic doesn't.
under a different name than the default service name. Is it possible?
Last time i tried it (maybe years ago) the register service command
didn't have an option to change the service name.
Regards,
Fabiano.