Re: [Firebird-devel] Version 4 and network shares

2016-04-06 Thread Dmitry Yemanov
06.04.2016 18:34, Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote: > > So, it is decided that Firebird 4 won't try to implicitly expand mounted > network drives > and UNC patches, right? Correct. Dmitry -- Firebird-Devel mailing list, web i

Re: [Firebird-devel] Version 4 and network shares

2016-04-06 Thread Dimitry Sibiryakov
06.04.2016 13:42, Dmitry Yemanov wrote: > 06.04.2016 14:39, Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote: > >> 05.04.2016 17:46, Dmitry Yemanov wrote: >>> I'd go even further and wipe out the named pipes (aka WNET) protocol >>> too. I don't see any sense in it nowadays. >> >> But what to do with connections from old c

Re: [Firebird-devel] Version 4 and network shares

2016-04-06 Thread Dmitry Yemanov
06.04.2016 14:39, Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote: > 05.04.2016 17:46, Dmitry Yemanov wrote: >> I'd go even further and wipe out the named pipes (aka WNET) protocol >> too. I don't see any sense in it nowadays. > > But what to do with connections from old clients then? They will be rejected due to lack

Re: [Firebird-devel] Version 4 and network shares

2016-04-06 Thread Dimitry Sibiryakov
05.04.2016 17:46, Dmitry Yemanov wrote: > I'd go even further and wipe out the named pipes (aka WNET) protocol > too. I don't see any sense in it nowadays. But what to do with connections from old clients then? -- WBR, SD. --

Re: [Firebird-devel] Version 4 and network shares

2016-04-05 Thread Thomas Steinmaurer
> 05.04.2016 18:24, Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote: >> >> In V4 will we still support connection to database on network share or >> mapped drive >> using the trick with overwriting "local" connection string to named pipes >> one? >> I.e. can expand_share_name() be cleaned out of isc_file.cpp? > > I'd g

Re: [Firebird-devel] Version 4 and network shares

2016-04-05 Thread Vlad Khorsun
05.04.2016 18:46, Dmitry Yemanov wrote: > I'd go even further and wipe out the named pipes (aka WNET) protocol > too. I don't see any sense in it nowadays. +many Vlad -- Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at h

Re: [Firebird-devel] Version 4 and network shares

2016-04-05 Thread Dimitry Sibiryakov
05.04.2016 17:46, Dmitry Yemanov wrote: > I'd go even further and wipe out the named pipes (aka WNET) protocol > too. I don't see any sense in it nowadays. It has one advantage over plain TCP: no tweaking of a firewall is required. -- WBR, SD. -

Re: [Firebird-devel] Version 4 and network shares

2016-04-05 Thread Dmitry Yemanov
05.04.2016 18:24, Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote: > > In V4 will we still support connection to database on network share or mapped > drive > using the trick with overwriting "local" connection string to named pipes one? > I.e. can expand_share_name() be cleaned out of isc_file.cpp? I'd go even further