> Apologies if this is a double post.  My first time using Yahoo's Firebird support
> group.
>
> Platform: Windows 2008 Server R2
>
> I have Firebird 64 bit installed from the file:
>
> Firebird-2.5.2.26540_0_x64.exe
>
> The config is  "Super Classic".
>
> I examine fb_inet_server.exe in Windows Task Manager and see no "*32"
> beside the "Image Name" so I know it is running as a 64 bit process.
>
> I have made a Delphi XE3 .exe that connects to Firebird.  I examine the Delphi
> .exe in Task Manager, and again, see no *32 beside it, so I know it is running
> as a 64 bit process.
>
> When I try to connect to FB using the 854KB 64b fbclient at:
>
> C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_5\bin\fbclient.dll
>
> I get the error message "unable to load..."
>
> But when I load the 540KB 32bit fbclient.dll at
>
> C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_5\WOW64\fbclient.dll
>
> it loads normally.
>
> What am I missing here that is preventing the 64b fbclient.dll from loading?

Actually, the WOW64 folder contains the x64 binaries (not the 32 bit)

The folder should really be renamed "x64"

There is a open tracker case to have the "bitness" of the binaries added as a string to the Windows file information, to allow user/developers to confirm whether they are looking at 32 or 64 bit files/binaries.


Sean