Zeos installation includes client side DLLs for each DB server, 1 DLL for each DB server. Browse the installation folder. Pick the client you want to use then deploy it with your application.
--- David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Markus, > > Those were the problems I had. I read what seemed > like conflicting things to try (I think it was in > that document you mention). Renaming that dll didn't > help. I gave up. I'll check into it again. I was > using the ZEOS Delphi components on the client side. > I could never get past the problem with the dll it > was supposed to talk to. > > DJS > > Markus Ostenried <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 16:17 Sunday, 27.03.2005 -0800, David Smith > wrote: > > >I was interested in using Firebird but also found > it confusing. I couldn't > >configure the client driver because it was always > complaining about this > >or that file being missing. It was easy to install > the Delphi client > >objects but they didn't work. I couldn't find any > documentation to help > >with it either. It really needs some kind of > "Getting Started" type of > >help file. > > What do you mean by client driver? AFAIK you only > need gds32.dll in your > app dir on the client side. And with Delphi > components you have to be > carefull. I think IBX is Borland only and therefore > is not guaranteed to > work with Firebird. Better use IB Objects (somewhat > complex, but does > everything you can think of) or FIB Plus. > > The Firebird people have recently renamed the client > lib from gds23.dll to > fbclient.dll to avoid problems with the Interbase > library. But IBX only > looks for the old filename because Borland has no > interest in being > compatible with Firebird. > > A guide to Firebird can be found here: > http://www.firebirdsql.com/index.php?op=guide > On this page select the Quick Start Guide. > > If you have troubles with Firebird just post your > question to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and I'm sure you'll get plenty of help. > I'm reading this group for a few years now and I > have to say that all the > Firebird developers and long time users try really > hard to solve all > problems and to explain how things work. > > HTH, > Markus > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ > To unsubscribe: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the > Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ----------------------------------------------------- Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
