> On Mar 21, 2015, at 6:29 AM, Emil Totev em...@tot-consult.com > [firebird-support] <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > Can there be any problem with a database, accessed simultaneously by > some or all of the following methods: > > -- database file full path, /srv/firebird/mydb.fdb > -- database alias, mydb = /srv/firebird/mydb.fdb > -- another alias, another = /srv/firebird/mydb.fdb > -- /srv/firebird/link, which is a symlink to /srv/firebird/mydb.fdb > -- /var/firebird/mydb.fdb, where /var/firebird is a symlink to /srv/firebird > > I'd expect firebird to be clever enough to know that it is serving the > same file, but I'd like to be sure it is true, and for all the > architectures (classic/super). >
Yes, Firebird is at least that clever on all platforms, which is critically important. In the ancient past there were cases where file sharing went undetected, but the last one I remember was before Firebird 1.0. Good luck, Ann
