[firebird-support] Re: What is the difference between these connection strings?

2014-10-02 Thread brucedickin...@wp.pl [firebird-support]
Thanks Helen for the nice explanation. Out of curiosity I need to check what do you write about connections and these protocols in your books. :) The thing is that I am not able to find any information about XNET in the Internet. I've looked thorougly. Could you point me to any reliable source

Re: [firebird-support] Firebird performance question

2014-10-02 Thread Alexey Kovyazin a...@ib-aid.com [firebird-support]
Hi Bill, If your application and database are the same and and you using them in the same manner with the same Firebird configuration (http://ib-aid.com/en/optimized-firebird-configuration/), the difference in performance is always explained by hardware - either hardware problem (like

Re: [firebird-support] Re: What is the difference between these connection strings?

2014-10-02 Thread Helen Borrie hele...@iinet.net.au [firebird-support]
At 08:55 p.m. 2/10/2014, brucedickin...@wp.pl [firebird-support] wrote: Thanks Helen for the nice explanation. Out of curiosity I need to check what do you write about connections and these protocols in your books. :) That's a good idea. ;-) Volume 1 Chapter 3. The thing is that I am not

[firebird-support] Re: What is the difference between these connection strings?

2014-10-02 Thread Dmitry Yemanov dim...@users.sourceforge.net [firebird-support]
02.10.2014 11:55, brucedickin...@wp.pl wrote: The thing is that I am not able to find any information about XNET in the Internet. I've looked thorougly. Could you point me to any reliable source that describes this protocol? XNET is just a Firebird specific abbrevation, WNET (aka Named Pipes)

[firebird-support] Re: What is the difference between these connection strings?

2014-10-02 Thread brucedickin...@wp.pl [firebird-support]
Thanks again Helen:) Now I feel kinda embarassed because I should check it before creating this topic, but for the other hand..I wouldn't get Dmitry's attention;) so..I will use the occasion and ask: Dmitry, few years ago there was a rumour that connecting through TCP/IP was slower than

[firebird-support] wait vs nowait on meta data statements

2014-10-02 Thread 'Martijn Tonies (Upscene Productions)' m.ton...@upscene.com [firebird-support]
Hi all, I noticed that with Classic 2.5, you can get “object in use” when trying to modify a stored procedure that’s been previously executed, see also: http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-4016 When using “wait” on the transaction to save the procedure, instead of “nowait”, the

[firebird-support] Re: What is the difference between these connection strings?

2014-10-02 Thread Dmitry Yemanov dim...@users.sourceforge.net [firebird-support]
02.10.2014 16:24, brucedickin...@wp.pl wrote: Dmitry, few years ago there was a rumour that connecting through TCP/IP was slower than through XNET / pipes. Could you clarify on this? Is there any difference in terms of performance when retrieving/inserting data from/to database depending on

Re: [firebird-support] Compile Firebird-2.5.3 with Ptxdist for ARM

2014-10-02 Thread Frank Schlottmann-Gödde fr...@schlottmann-goedde.de [firebird-support]
On 01.10.2014 14:28, Mathias Stucki mathias.stu...@fasnacht.biz [firebird-support] wrote: Hello, I am trying to compile Firebird-2.5.3 with ptxdist-2014.09.0, using OSELAS.Toolchain-2013.12.2. Unfortunately I’m getting a lot of compile errors: Well, the build process for FB2.5 isn't fit

[firebird-support] Issue with firebird 2.5.3 setup exe for windows

2014-10-02 Thread Peter Saric peter...@rocketmail.com [firebird-support]
I have a customer who is trying to setup fb 2.5.3 on his server. He has fb 1.5 installed on the server, so is trying to install fb 2.5 to run as an application; however, the setup does not display the Select Additional Tasks form where fb can be setup to run as an application. It works fine on

[firebird-support] Re: What is the difference between these connection strings?

2014-10-02 Thread brucedickin...@wp.pl [firebird-support]
Thank you.