> > Firebird 1.5 it is "FirebirdIPI"
> > Firebird 2 and above it is "FIREBIRD"
>
> Should we put "Global\" in front? Is it case sensitive?

Under Vista you have to when running as a service, because otherwise the IPCname is placed in the user-local namespace and will be unavailable to processes running under a different user.

Mark
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