Subject RE: [IBO] Re: Connection string to FilePath?
Author Alan McDonald
> Hello, Alan!
> You wrote to <IBObjects@yahoogroups.com> on Fri, 8 Oct 2004
> 19:29:22 +1000:
>
> >> Agree, that is a reason why there will not be a simple transformation
> >> from <Server_Name>:<Path_On_Server> to
> <Network_Path_To_Database_Directory>
>
> AM> SInce shares can be given any name you want and since paths can be
> AM> duplicated from any number of start points, how would you ever know
> AM> that the share is starting from the point you expect it to?
>
> ... and Firebird server since 1.5 now support database aliases and
> connection string not contain any paths - only server name and alias name.
>
> WBR,Dmitry Beloshistov AKA [-=BDS=-]

that's not what the discussion was about
Alan