02.02.2021, 08:52, "Jiří Činčura" <j...@cincura.net>:
Yes, client library must be 32 bit too for the long time.
Many existig applications are 32bit and cannot be "migrated" to 64 bit
in the near future--
On the other hand, these applications can still use older fbclient.dll.
Mgr. Jiří Činčura
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Are there usage metrics for 32-bit versions?
Here in Brazil about 30% of my company's customers still use 32-bit OS, while some of these machines can support 64-bit OS there are other issues that block the update, such as legacy 16-bit applications, older hardware with drivers available only for 32-bit etc ...
Due to the financial crisis caused by the pandemic, we cannot discard or force our customers to upgrade, so we will probably be stuck with Firebird 3.x.
Anyway, although I really hate supporting old hardware and systems, if there are no technical blocks I think 32bit versions should be supported by at least one more major version (up to 4.1 maybe 5.0) as deprecated.
Luis H.
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