Re: [Firebird-devel] Connecting to Firebird on different ports: something is wrong.

[Martijn T. <m.t...@up...>]

Hi,

> > Well, that might be great and all... but then how are you supposed to
> > connect to a remote server on a different port then, if fbclient is
> > forcing itself to the port defined for your local firebird server?
>
> I tend to agree it becomes tricky...

"tricky" ... How about "nearly impossible". Really, as a Firebird user
and developer that uses multiple instances, I have no idea why the
client is forcing itself to use a non-default port (that is, without
defining
the port in the "services" file).

> > And
> > why is this "as designed"? I've changed "firebird.conf", this is a
> > server config file, right?
>
> It's also a client config file. And always was. Even in FB1 some config
> options are client-only.

And before Fb1?

--
Martijn