Without ado, server/client running on same machine. easiets

localhost:x:/directory/database.gdb or
127.0.0.1:x:/directory/database.gdb , whereby x: = drive letter

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Helen Borrie wrote:

>
> At 08:00 PM 02-08-01 -0600, you wrote:
> >Im not doing a DNS lookup, just simply 192.168.0.2:c:\mydatabase.gdb.
> >It does seem to work fine once connected.
>
> This is not recommended. If your network doesn't use DNS then just create an entry in the hosts file with any server name, e.g
> 192.168.0.2 IBSERVER
>
> >In fact, its even slow when on the same machine with the IP of 192.168.0.2.
> >Wierd. If I use local host (which I assume uses Netbeui)
> >It loads much faster..
>
> LOCALHOST is a default server that exists on your local machine with an IP address of 127.0.0.1.
>
> If you connect using a TCP/IP string, it makes a TCP/IP connection (recommended). If you connect using a NetBEUI string, it uses Windows networking which is both noisy and slow.
>
> Here is a TCP/IP string:
>
> MYSERVER:c:\databases\mydata.gdb
>
> Here is a NetBEUI string:
>
> \\MYSERVER\c:\databases\mydata.gdb
>
> The golden rule is - although you CAN, don't use a raw IP address to connect. I don't know why this recommendation exists but it's documented and the archives show a lot of people reporting problems from it.
>
> I guess you also know that connected to a Windows mapped drive is a No-No.
>
> btw, whatever you do, never let any client connect with a string that omits the backslash after the physical drive designator. This is a known cause of the kind of data corruption that you have to pay an expert to fix. Jason made IB_Connection reject a connection string in this format but other clients based on the BDE, IBX, etc. won't stop you.
>
> regards,
> Helen
>
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