Re: [Firebird-devel] fb3 access modes under windows

[Alex P. <pes...@ma...>]

On 01/30/14 12:56, Dmitry Yemanov wrote:
> 29.01.2014 21:30, Leyne, Sean wrote:
>> OK, but some of the config options are not compatible for all installed modes -- so, how do we prevent a user make the wrong selections?
>>
>> If someone like Paul Reeves (who has been using FB since before it was FB) doesn't understand all of the intricacies, how will a less experienced user/developer?
>>
>> Especially, when the installed mode it not easily seen.
> Just a wild idea.
>
> We introduce a separate (very thin) fblistener.exe (fbremote or
> whatever) binary that acts similar to xinetd on posix. It will spawn
> firebird.exe per every user connection. firebird.exe will detect this
> situation and explicitly pass SharedCache = false and SharedDatabase =
> true via API into all connect calls, thus overriding any underlying
> config settings.
>

Agreed.
I think passing that config settings will be good for posix too.
It's good to be able to switch classic/super without need to touch 
firebird.conf.