Thanks for the reply, that answers most of the questions I asked. now, for the firebird client for OS X, doing it "by hand", any tips for me to explore this direction?
--- In [email protected], philippe makowski <makowski@...> wrote: > > wang960 [2012-02-03 02:53] : > > Hi, > > > > Got three questions: > > > > 1) Is it safe to access a 1.5 fdb from a 2.5 firebird client? > yes > > 2) seems to me, if you want to have fb client in OS X, you have to install > > the server, is there a package that simply installs the client? > yes > > reason for this is, there is already an existing 1.5 firebird server > > running in a linux box, I need only client in a OS X computer, possible? > possible certainly > but you have to do it "by hand" > > > 3) Similar to #2, but for Centos linux. > easy > From EPEL repository > yum install firebird-libfbclient >
