On 08/14/2015 12:44 AM, Leyne, Sean wrote:
> {I am asking here since I see this as an advanced Firebird topic, suspect is
> something which was supported long time ago}
>
> Scenario,
>
> I have a collection of Firebird databases which are one several physical
> hosts (running various 2.5.x versions). But the host and database path can
> change regularly, which causes problem for remote clients which then need to
> update their local configs (think MS Excel ODBC connection strings).
>
> What I am looking to do is to designate a single server as the connection
> point for the remote clients, and use the DBAlias.conf file (on that server)
> to store the database hostname, IPPort and filename/path details for the
> available databases. SO, all remote clients would only connect using db
> aliases.
>
> Is this supported with v2.5?
This will not work out of the box, but suppose that appropriate changes
to support it are possible.
Pay attention that this may slower message exchange through such server.
> If so, what would the DBAlias entry look like? (AliasName =
> {Hostname}\{Port}:{Path and Filename})???
>
>
> Sean
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