> We have an application using Delphi, IBObjects and Firebird, which is being > run in both a single-user and multi-user basis. The multi-user version has > users on separate PCs operating against a single Firebird DB on a server. > Lately, after releasing an updated version (in which the Firebird server is > changed from V2.1 to v2.5), some users have noticed that on one form, if > two users are using the form on two PCs, one user's changes can cause the > other user's cursor (the selected item) to change.
That is impossible. Firebird cursors tied to statements, statements are tied to a database connection, each application would open separate connection(s). > Now here's the "zinger". One of the users had been running Windows > Firewall in "public" mode. When he changed to "work" mode, the problem > went away. Does this seem counter-intuitive? Is there a Windows issue > underlying, or with Firebird 2.5? Again, makes no sense. Sean
