Thanks for the info Helen. I'll try it as soon as I can.

Daniel Rail

At 06/04/2002 10:05 PM, you wrote:

>At 05:54 PM 06-04-02 -0400, Daniel Rail wrote in [ib-support]:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I just installed FB 1.0.0.794 on my system and now I can't connect to
> >another server running IB 6.01. And, I can't connect to my system from
> >another system that has FB 0.9.4. These systems cannot be upgraded for
> >another 6 months, beyond my control for the moment, and I need this to
> >work. Some of my testing involves connecting to the IB 6.01 server from my
> >system that has FB 1.0.0.794, but I cannot perform this since I can't
> connect.
> >
> >Everything was working great until FB 1.0 RC2. It's only since I upgraded
> >to FB 1.0.0.794 that my applications are not working.
> >
> >And, I can't just switch from the gds32.dll for FB 1.0.0.794 and the one
> >from FB 1.0 RC2, since sometimes, I have to connect to both at the same
> >time. But, now it's impossible to do that.
> >
> >Does anybody have an idea on how I can do this?
>
>In your IBO distro is a file called IB_Session511.pas. Its purpose is to
>allow you to use the 5.1 client instead of the buggy 5.5 one but the
>concept works fine when you have various versions of the client and you
>need to swap from one to another.
>
>Give each version of gds32.dll in your system directory its own name. For
>example, I currently have gds32.dll for ib 6.x, gds32_FB.dll for Firebird
>and gds32_56.dll for for IB 5.6.
>
>Edit the IB_Session511.pas unit, replacing the string with the appropriate
>new name that you have given to the library. Save the unit with a useful
>variation of the original filename.
>
>In your project (e.g. I do this with three different builds of ib_sql), add
>this unit as the *first* member of the uses clause in the dpr file.
>
>Compile. Rename the exe appropriately so that you know which version of
>the app "belongs" to which server.
>
>Now your exe will connect through the appropriate version of the client
>library.
>
>As for remote clients using the right client to connect to *your* server,
>well, you will need to do similar on the client machines to achieve this.
>
>I haven't had any problems having connections via two different versions of
>gds32.dll simultaneously to two different server versions; however, my
>servers are in a tight LAN, so I can't vouch for a more distributed setup...
>
>regards,
>Helen
>
>
>All for Open and Open for All
>Firebird Open SQL Database · http://firebirdsql.org ·
>http://users.tpg.com.au/helebor/