On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Nick Upson <nu@...> wrote:

>
>
> possible new setup:
>
> all programs that access the database use the same path component as either
> "/db/mydb.fdb" - if running on the server and "myhost:/db/mydb.fdb" - if
> accessing it from elsewhere
>
> Dmitry has suggested that I should get significant performance improvement
> by avoiding the tcp stack but I recall (perhaps wrongly) there being issues
> with this approach.
>

Your memory is fine, but not quite specific enough. InterBase 5.x had a
problem
with connection strings on Windows that caused it to make disjoint
connections
to a database, rapidly turning it to rubble. Fixed on Windows with
Firebird 1 and
never a problem on other systems.

Good luck,

Ann


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