Thanks for your insights. The reson for using Interbase in the first place is that it runs out of the box on the raq4 and it ran fine for the past few years. After migrating to the raq 550, the same databases work OK with IBManager, so from what you say this means that the raq550 includes the Super Server version. There is no mention of this version issue in the Raq 550 manual.
In any event, I can use IBManager to open the databases, view the data, and manipulate the database. From the commend line, I change users and passwords using GSEC. So I'm not having any problem with the database itself, I just can't access it from PHP, because of the "cannot attach to password database" issue. The password database, isc4.gdb, may be located in a place where PHP is not looking for it, but I can't find any explanation of this problem. Under the circumstances, the quickest solution might be to switch to mySQL, since it seems to be much more thoroughly documented. I undersand the advantages of Firebird in principle, but as I said, the only reason for using Interbase in the first place was that it was simple. That was then, this is now, and I think I'll move on. Thanks again Ken -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William L. Thomson Jr. Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:11 PM To: Cobalt Developers Group Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] Interbase on the Raq 550 + PHP Ok, Without getting to deep off hand there are two version of InterBase/Firebird. Classic and Super Server. Classic creates a new process each time a connection is made to the database. It can be used in SMP systems. However you can't use any graphical interface with it. Only the command line tools. Super Server is a multi-threaded version which may have less threads than connections or more. However it can not be used on SMP systems and is best for single proc systems. Super Server does allow connections to it via graphical interfaces. It has an API that the Classic Server lacks. So you have two choices. Develop the db on a machine with Super Server if you want to use a GUI like IBConsole, IBManager, IBAccess, etc. Then backup and restore the db on your Cobalt. Otherwise look into upgrading or installing the Super Server edition. Also FYI, if you are using Open Source InterBase, you should really switch to Firebird for too many reasons for me to go into. http://firebird.sourceforge.net/ If you have further questions or problems let me know. You can also subscribe to the fb-support group on Yahoo. -- Sincerely, William L. Thomson Jr. Support Group Obsidian-Studios, Inc. http://www.obsidian-studios.com _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers
