Re: [stellation-res] Firebird

["Mark C. Chu-Carroll" <mcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 19:36, Rodolfo M. Raya wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 19:21, Dave Shields wrote:
> 
> > I tried to get latest Super Server running on Linux, and was unable to do so.
> > I then tried to get Classic Server (prior version) running on Linux, and was able
> > only to get it running in local mode. I have just updated the firebird document
> > 
> >  org.eclipse.stellation/plugins/org.eclipse.stellation.core/doc/firebird.html
> > 
> > to reflect the current situation.
> > 
> > It would be very helpful if someone familiar with Firebird could provide updates
> > to the firebird document indicating how to get it working on Linux.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > dave
> Hi Dave,
> 
> I'm lost in a lot of work right now. That's why I haven't resurrected.
> However, if you send me the document by email I will read it and
> update it with the missing parts.
> 
> FireBird should work just by installing it. Once you send me the
> document I will follow your procedure in a clean Linux box and will
> take notes of the missing steps.
> 
> I prefer Classic version over SuperServer when I work on Linux (only
> SuperSarver is available on Windows). The reason is simple: with
> Classic every connection to the database runs in its own process. If
> one conection goes wild, I can kill the process and leave other users
> alive. With SuperServer if you kill the server you kill all users at
> once.

For Stellation, that distinction is meaningless: all users will be
accessing the repository through a single Stellation server; only the
Stellation server ever accesses the database. So from the database
viewpoint, there is only ever one client. 

I'd prefer to use SuperServer for two big reasons:
(1) The open-source version of the older interclient JDBC library that
   works with the classic server is no longer supported. Jaybird,
   the current and actively supported JDBC for Firebird, only
   works with superserver.

(2) I don't want to have to support two different versions of
  Firebird. There are enough differences between InterClient
  JDBC and Jaybird JDBC that they will need to be tested
  separately. Since only SuperServer works on Windows, we have
  to do the work to support that.

	-Mark



> 
> BTW, I have to restart working on Stellation soon. Now I have March 31
> as deadline to implement a CMS system in my company.
> 
> Regards,
> Rodolfo
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Rodolfo M. Raya <rmraya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Maxprograms
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