> Hi, I know the location of fbclient.dll (and gds32.dll) have been
> discussed a million times, and this isn't a show-stopper. I'm just
> trying to make sure I understand (and follow) current best practices.
>
> The FB2 release notes make a pretty strong case for keeping
> fbclient.dll out of the windows\system32 directory ("we would be
> creating our own DLL hell if we continued the practice of using the
> system directory for the client library").
>
> As near as I can tell, system32 is where the latest version of IB_SQL
> (V4.7_Build16) utility wants it, otherwise "Firebird/Interbase Client
> DLL is not installed."
>
> I'm mainly trying to avoid multiple copies of fbclient.dll from being
> sprinkled around. Is there a way to tell IB_SQL to look in the bin
> folder of the FB DefaultInstance for the client DLL?
>
> Thanks-
> -David

yes - by putting IB_SQL in that same bin folder and executing it from there.
Alan