RE: [firebird-support] Firebird on Raspberry Pi 2 : Problem to connect remotely

2015-12-03 Thread 'Leyne, Sean' s...@broadviewsoftware.com [firebird-support]
Have any of you success to install Firebird on Raspberry and able to connect to its database remotely via Windows machine? I have these settings on Raspberry Pi: - OS : Raspbian Jessie - Firebird 2.5 SuperServer I am curious, what is the use case that makes a Raspberry an appropriate

Re: [firebird-support] Is it save to append some data at end of the binary firebird database file?

2015-12-03 Thread Christian Gütter n...@guetter.org [firebird-support]
Hi, > I figured out it is possible to simply append manually some ascii > data at the end of the db file (see picture attached). This would be > my preferred solution. It seems to work (I can still read and write > to the database and even manipulate the database structure). But > maybe this is

RE: [firebird-support] Is it save to append some data at end of the binary firebird database file?

2015-12-03 Thread 'Leyne, Sean' s...@broadviewsoftware.com [firebird-support]
The same could be accomplished by creating a “Application_SchemaVersion” SP which would return the necessary details. The advantage would be that no search thru the domain would be required. Sean From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com [mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] Sent: December

Re: [firebird-support] Is it save to append some data at end of the binary firebird database file?

2015-12-03 Thread Tim Ward t...@telensa.com [firebird-support]
On 03/12/2015 14:48, Christian Gütter n...@guetter.org [firebird-support] wrote: Or, if you are a big fan of abusing file formats, you might want to try to append the information to your executable file. In Windows this is /not /an abuse, executable files have provision for version metadata

Re: [firebird-support] Is it save to append some data at end of the binary firebird database file?

2015-12-03 Thread 'Mark Rotteveel' m...@lawinegevaar.nl [firebird-support]
On Windows, all files can have alternative streams with additional data. It is a form of hidden metadata that is attached to the main filename. Mark - Reply message - Van: "Tim Ward t...@telensa.com [firebird-support]" Aan:

Re: [firebird-support] Is it save to append some data at end of the binary firebird database file?

2015-12-03 Thread Christian Gütter n...@guetter.org [firebird-support]
Mark Rotteveel wrote: > On Windows, all files can have alternative streams with additional > data. It is a form of hidden metadata that is attached to the main filename. True, but the alternate data streams get lost when the file is stored on a non-NTFS drive, sent via FTP/E-Mail etc. So

[firebird-support] Replicating MS Access DB

2015-12-03 Thread subscripti...@mtomas.com [firebird-support]
Hello, for some years I was developing MS Access DB to manage clinical trials at my work place (if you interested, I share it for free: http://chicagomuncorp.org/projects/ports-project http://chicagomuncorp.org/projects/ports-project ), but this year I decided to do full rewrite. I realized

Re: [firebird-support] Is it save to append some data at end of the binary firebird database file?

2015-12-03 Thread Christian Gütter n...@guetter.org [firebird-support]
Tim Ward wrote: > In Windows this is not an abuse, executable files have > provision for version metadata ("resource") and you're supposed > to use it properly. Pity this doesn't apply portably to all file types, > innit. True, but if you just append the info to the exe file, it is an

[firebird-support] Firebird on Raspberry Pi 2 : Problem to connect remotely

2015-12-03 Thread trsk...@yahoo.com [firebird-support]
Hi guys, Have any of you success to install Firebird on Raspberry and able to connect to its database remotely via Windows machine? I have these settings on Raspberry Pi: - OS : Raspbian Jessie - Firebird 2.5 SuperServer - static ip address on Pi : 192.168.1.50 With Isql on the raspbian's

[firebird-support] Re: Firebird on Raspberry Pi 2 : Problem to connect remotely

2015-12-03 Thread Christian Mereles chmere...@gmail.com [firebird-support]
openbsd-inetd: To accept remote connections. At least in Ubuntu. Greeting. Christian

[firebird-support] Re: Firebird on Raspberry Pi 2 : Problem to connect remotely

2015-12-03 Thread trsk...@yahoo.com [firebird-support]
Thanks for your reply, Unfortunally, there no inetd command on Raspbian and I don't know compatible command in it. Regards, Agus