Re: [Firebird-devel] library soname for fbclient and fbembed

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

> > > Why almost - libfbembed is not only an embedded server. It's also the
> >
> > Ah, but _is_ it an embedded server? IMO, it isn't. Does it accept
incoming
> > connections? No, it does not, so it's not a "server". (yes, it has the
> > server
> > code et all, but doesn't "serve" anything).
> >
> > Wouldn't this rather be called "Firebird Direct Access" or something?
Cause
> > you don't need a running service to access your database?
>
> Well, certainly embedded access library will be more precise here. It's
more
> traditional then direct and will be faster understood by most people - at
> least on this list.
> But as long as we anyway have "SQL server" term (even using embedded
access),
> I hope that my use of "embedded server" is also not SO awful:)

Reason I'm raising this, is that there are "servers" out there that have
true
embedding. For example, MySQL Server has an embedded mode so
that your application becomes the service, so does NexusDB.

In the support list, it also confuses quite a lot of people, cause they
think
"embedded" means their app becomes the service as well.

Martijn Tonies
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