At 09:11 PM 8/12/2004 +1100, I wrote:

>No, firebird.conf doesn't point to any home dir. But what I *think* is
>happening is that it's reading the FIREBIRD environment variable, which is
>pointing it to the main server install's root directory. I tested this by
>copying the entry from the embedded server's alias.conf to the main
>server's alias.conf. And guess what...
>
>Now, what I have to find out is why it reads the FIREBIRD variable *before*
>checking what it has in its own directory. I suspect that it indicates
>that alias.conf and firebird.conf need to be in a directory *above* the one
>where the embedded server and the application are located.
>
>I will test this and report back.

OK, here's what I did:

1. Tried moving the app and the embedddl into a bin directory beneath
aliases.conf and firebird.conf. No joy.
2. Put everything back in original places and tried killing the FIREBIRD
variable. No joy.
3. Left FIREBIRD variable dead and ran instreg remove to get rid of the
registry entry. Success!!
4. Next, ran instreg install to restore the registry entry. Still success.

So - there's a solution. The next is to find out why removing and
restoring the registry entry solved it.

Helen