On 4/6/2016 12:47 PM, Dmitry Yemanov wrote: > 06.04.2016 19:00, Jim Starkey wrote: > >> I suggest that FB4 get completely out of the business of passing >> database file names over the API and go strictly with something like a >> URL that identifies the location and name of a database, letting the >> server configuration map the name into a file name, et al. > I'm wondering how many users we'll lose because of this change. People > never like more requirements to do the same job. This is especially > important for embedded users, I believe 95% of them never used aliases > and would hate to setup some configuration just to access the database. > It will also complicate installation/distribution of embedded solutions. > > Another point is related to FB development and testing. I have ~50 > different databases for debugging and testing. I often copy them here > and there. Touching databases.conf every time seems like an overkill for > me. Especially given that databases.conf may suddenly disappear from > firebird/gen/ after git reset --hard. fbtest creates and deletes a > database for the every test. We could modify databases.conf from scripts > when tests are run one-by-one, but what about the batch run? > > > Dmitry, I'd be shocked and frankly disappointed if you weren't able to find elegant solutions to these problems. But if you are truly stumped, let me know and maybe I can offer some suggestions...
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