Thomas,

> You can easily run several Firebird instances side-by-side as an
> application. The client application then simply needs to provide the
> proper port information in the connect string to connect to right
> instance.

I'll have to burst your bubble here Thomas.
I tried some years back and just made a mess of things.

Perhaps you can point me to some good instructions somewhere that can make
it easy for an oaf like me?

Jason