I N S T A L L A T I O N N O T E S

Uninstallation

To remove FB 1.5 without a Windows Uninstaller you should:

•stop the server

•run "instreg.exe remove"

•run "instsvc.exe remove"

•delete installation directory

•delete fbclient.dll and gds32.dll from the OS system directory

Installing Embedded Server from a Zip Kit

The embedded server is a client with a fully functional server linked as a dynamic library (fbembed.dll). It has exactly the same features as the usual Superserver and exports the standard Firebird API entry points.

Registry

The Registry entries for Firebird (where the server normally looks for the location of the root directory) are ignored. The root directory of the embedded server is the directory above where its binary file (library) is located.

Database access

Only "true local" access is allowed. The embedded server has no support for remote protocols, so even access via localhost won't work.

Authentication and security

The security database (security.fdb) is not used in the embedded server and hence is not required. Any user is able to attach to any database. Since both the server and the client run in the same (local) address space, security becomes a question of physical access.

SQL privileges are checked, as in other server models.

Compatibility

You may run any number of applications with the embedded server without any conflicts. Having a full Firebird or InterBase® server running is not a problem either.

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