At 02:58 PM 23/05/2012, KevinTory wrote: >I have a simple app, which needs to run for a few users, written in C#.net. >The users to not have the ability to run an install on their own computers, so >we must install via a simple xcopy. Currently we are using SQLite, but the >performance is pretty bad when the db gets a bit large. > >Can I have a Firebird db file on a shared drive
No, never. A database always has to be on the same host as the server. >, and have multiple (two or three) users accessing it using the embedded >edition of Firebird? Not as users of the embedded server. > I have read the existing similar posts and am still not clear if this > situation is supported. It is not supported. With Firebird, clients request attachments to a database through a server. That is true whether it is a database used by one client with the server embedded or by multiple users connecting across a network. >I cannot install a server, I cannot run a Windows install on the users' >computers. Then you are stuck. Your scenario calls for a Firebird server running on the machine where the database resides, with session users logging in as clients. With such a small workgroup, one of your client machines can be the host machine. Sounds as though you need to negotiate a common sense solution with the people you are working for. ./heLen
