| Subject | RE: [IBO] FB embedded or not |
|---|---|
| Author | Helen Borrie |
| Post date | 2005-01-08T02:43:19Z |
At 11:25 AM 8/01/2005 +1100, you wrote:
whether the application can "tell" whether the client is plain ol'
fbclient.dll or is fbembed.dll and presumably set its connection props
accordingly.
And it can't. Fbembed exposes the same API and runs an ordinary instance
of the SuperServer engine. The only difference is that it's "hobbled" not
to allow a network connection and it bypasses server-level user authentication.
Helen
> > This same question got asked back on June 2nd by someone else butThe question seemed to be the other way around: Ed appears to want to know
> > there wasn't an answer:
> >
> > How can I know if IBO is connected via FB embedded or FB Server?
> > (IB_Connection1.Characteristics.dbVersion doesn't say).
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ed Dressel
> >
>
>surely it's just a matter of checking your connection properties? protocol
>cpLocal?
whether the application can "tell" whether the client is plain ol'
fbclient.dll or is fbembed.dll and presumably set its connection props
accordingly.
And it can't. Fbembed exposes the same API and runs an ordinary instance
of the SuperServer engine. The only difference is that it's "hobbled" not
to allow a network connection and it bypasses server-level user authentication.
Helen