Hi Matthew,

> I'm having some trouble determining whether Firebird 2.5 Embedded on
> Windows 7 used via the Firebird .NET Provider 2.6.0 is reading
> firebird.conf. My strategy was to put purposely bad values in the
> file to see that Firebird chokes on them -- at this point, I'm
> wondering if Firebird just skips unknown settings or settings with bad
> values. Can anyone confirm or deny that much?
>
> I've tried placing firebird.conf in all of the following locations,
> and I haven't been able to confirm whether it's being read:
>
> * Current working directory
> * Right next to fbembed.dll (differs based on 32/64 bit)
> * Right next to the database file
>
> I've also searched quite a bit to figure out how I might crank up the
> logging level of Firebird's bootstrapping process without much luck.
> How can I see what Firebird is doing on startup, in particular with
> regard to which firebird.conf, if any, it's looking for?

Additional to what Helen has said, I'm not 100% sure if this works for
firebird.conf, but you could use SysInternals process explorer to see
what files are in use by what process.


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With regards,

Thomas Steinmaurer
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com
http://blog.upscene.com/thomas/

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