Re: [Firebird-odbc-devel] Safe thread?

[Jorge A. B. <li...@da...>]

http://tech.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/message/100655

El 17/09/2010 0:41, Kjell Rilbe escribió:
> OK, so what it means is that with "Safe thread" off, I can't even use
> one connection per thread? I was under the impression that fbclient *is*
> thread safe provided you use seperate connection(s) for each thread. Is
> this incorrect?
>
> Thanks,
> Kjell
>
> Jorge Andrés Brugger skriver:
>>     It's very simple: ODBC driver does what fbclient doesn't. You develop
>> multi-thread apps (meaning "one connect by thread", not "one connection,
>> multiple threads using same connection)? Check the box "safe thread".
>> You dont? Dont check that box.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> El 16/09/2010 13:22, Kjell Rilbe escribió:
>>> Thanks Jorge, but I'm sorry to say that your reply didn't tell me anything.
>>>
>>> In what way does the option affect the behavior of the ODBC driver?
>>> What, exactly, can be done in the "on" mode that can't be done in the
>>> "off" mode? And vice versa? What are the pros and cons of each mode?
>>>
>>> I know very weel what threading is about and how you write threaded
>>> apps. I just don't know how this option affects the ODBC driver. I need
>>> to know that, to be able to use it correctly in case I want to use
>>> threads in my apps.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Kjell
>>>
>>> Jorge Andrés Brugger skriver:
>>>>       It´s for multi-thread apps, like Clarion ones, because fbclient is not
>>>> thread-safe (until FB 2.1, I think F 2.5 fbclient is thread-safe)
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> El 02/09/2010 8:20, Kjell Rilbe escribió:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> What does the ODBC data source configuration option "safe thread" mean?
>>>>> It's a checkbox down to the left.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't see that it's documented in the online help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Kjell
>>>>>
>>>>>
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