At 05:36 PM 23-06-02 -0700, you wrote:

>I hope conversions from InterBase to Firebird also applies to this list.
>Please excuse my ignorance with Firebird, if this is a seemless conversion.
>
>I have a dedicated InterBase 6.0 server with some sensitive db that I
>cannot lose any data or have any corruption. Of course before I do
>anything I will first back up the db's onto a separate medium.
>
>With that said I am also using InterClient 2.0, and at the moment am
>only connect to the db's via Java using the JDBC driver.
>
>To begin with when I remove InterBase and install Firebird, is there any
>hick-ups I should be aware of. Or should I be able to simple remove one,
>install the other, and then go?

You should - but do make sure that you completely uninstall InterBase
before you start to install Firebird. As a precaution, before you do that,
use the gbak from IB 6.0 to create a backup, in case it is needed.

You'll also need to replace (rename or move) any gds32.dll or libgds.so
files on clients that are going to connect to Firebird, with the client
from the Firebird kit.

>Can I still use my existing InterClient 2.0 installation, or do I need
>one specific for Firebird. If there is such a thing.

You could experiment with it on a copy of your db once you have the
Firebird server installed. If it's 2.0, I'd be a bit doubtful this would
work with a Dialect 3 database, since AFAIK, IC 2.0 is a client for IB
5.6. There is a more recent InterClient in the Firebird tree; although
the FB-Java crew is focusing more on the JCA driver.

For Java-specific stuff, post questions to the Firebird-Java forum -
subscribe at http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/Firebird-Java

>I am seeing something about a Firebird JDBC driver, is it better than
>InterClient. Is it more native to Firebird, I would assume it would be?

More native, yes. It's also beta. More info at Firebird-Java.

regards,
Helen

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