Entered two issues on this:
http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-3309
http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/DNET-362

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Matthew Adams <matthew@...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The bug tracking database (http://tracker.firebirdsql.org) is down
> right now, so I'm emailing this to get it out there.
>
> I've got a .NET 4.0 application that's using the Firebird ADO.NET
> provider with an embedded Firebird 2.5 database.  The .NET application
> itself runs without changes on both 32- & 64-bit platforms.  However,
> I'd like to take advantage of 64-bit platforms if I'm running on one.
>
> Currently, the 32- & 64-bit DLLs that ship with Firebird embedded have
> **exactly** the same names.  That means that I have to have to create
> two subdirectories in my installation directory, one for 32-bit
> Firebird DLLs & one for 64-bit Firebird DLLs, and then check the
> bitness of my environment very early in my app's startup so that I can
> dynamically add via the Win32 API SetDllDirectory the correct 32- or
> 64-bit Firebird directory.  If the 64-bit DLLs had the suffix "64", I
> would have to go through such machinations.
>
> For example, the 32-bit DLLs could remain fbembed.dll, etc, but the
> 64-bit versions could have names like fbembed64.dll, etc.  That way, I
> can copy **all** of the Firebird DLLs into my application's normal bin
> directory, and know that the .NET provider is going to pick up the
> right DLLs based on the bitness of the currently executing
> environment.  That ensures that, without changes, my .NET app is
> getting the max bitness available without my having to do anything.
>
> WDYT?  Seems easy enough to me to implement...
>
> -matthew
>
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