>software is also running at the site.
>This fact worries me a little.
>Will it be possible for us to have our own FB server, when there is already

one running?

>What if they require one version of the server, and we require another?
>What if we need to upgrade the FB? Or somebody else does an upgrade without

telling/asking us?

>If the other company installede the server before us, they might have used

their own password, what if they wont give us

>access? Or are very slow to do so?
>I can se several problems in this scenario.
>Any comments or suggestions?

It is possible to install another instance of a firebird server to a second
(or xth) directory and use another port to connect (which is by default 3050
It can cure all the situations you described except for administrators not
willing to install another instance.

But
1 you can not automate this installation, there are to many variables at
work here
2 you must be able to connect to the server from your application with
another port so do not hard code 3050

Hope this helps

Friendly greetings,
Martijn van der Kooij
Author of Picto Selector www.PECSforAll.com



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