Hello Marc,

Yes, Firebird can live with MSSQL.
If you plan also to install there MS Exchange, I'd recommend to limit
store.exe's memory consumption.

Regards,
Alexey Kovyazin
IBSurgeon (www.ib-aid.com)

> I have a piece of software that requires Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express, and I am hoping to run SQL Server on the same server that I am using to host a DBA (manufacturing software) server, which uses Firebird as its database engine.
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> So far as I can tell, they use different ports and can coexist with each other peacefully, but I couldn't seem to Google up anyone with an explicit answer to this particular question, and I want to make absolutely sure before I try to install SQL Server 2005 and potentially screw up a mission-critical program that relies on Firebird.
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> Thank you in advance for any help/suggestions with my question.
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> --Marc Marshall
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