RE: [Firebird-devel] Embedded server on network drives

[Claudio V. C. <cv...@us...>]

Christian Kaufmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we use the embedded FB Server for small databases. Unfortunately you
> cannot access files on a network share with it.
>
...
>
> But we would like to use FB embedded as replacement for MS Access to
> get rid of all MDAC problems. And our clients want to have their DB
> files on a network drive.

If you think you are going to make money by fixing corrupted db when more
than one server accesses the same db in the network drive and your customers
are willing to pay for it, why not?
Despite its size, FB is a server. If you subvert the model, you and your
customers should be prepared to face db corruption.
If you do that change, make clear this is a private version (maybe change
the version string, too) so we'll not lose time trying to troubleshoot an
unofficial build.

C.