Establishing a onnection via IB 2007 Client to IB 6020: Server terminates server abnormally

Michael Danninger

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Jan 12, 2007, 3:49:32 AM1/12/07

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I installed the IB 2007 developer edition on my development machine. When i
connect to a database on a Windows Server 2003 running IB 6020 Server the IB
Server crashes.
Serverlog: C:\Programme\borland\interbase\bin\ibserver.exe: terminated
abnormally (-1). (No further hints)

I removed the IB 2007 installation from my development machine and
reinstalled IB 6020 Client, and everything works fine again.

Michael Danninger

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Jan 12, 2007, 3:58:56 AM1/12/07

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ODS of the db is 10.0, database dialect 3.

Thanks, Michael

Bill Todd

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Jan 12, 2007, 10:07:56 AM1/12/07

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Michael Danninger wrote:

Although R&D is supposed to be making gds32.dll backward compatible
since the introduction of multi-instancing it is unlikely that they
tested as far back as version 6. Your only option is to use the version
of gds32.dll that matches the server you are trying to connect to.

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Michael Danninger

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Jan 13, 2007, 3:49:15 AM1/13/07

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"Bill Todd" <n...@no.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Using a matching gds32.dll will be no problem, but i think the IB 2007
client should raise an error message when it is not possible to connect to
IB Server prior to IB 7 instead of killing the server.

Thanks, Michael

Bill Todd

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Jan 13, 2007, 10:43:19 AM1/13/07

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Michael Danninger wrote:

> Using a matching gds32.dll will be no problem, but i think the IB
> 2007 client should raise an error message when it is not possible to
> connect to IB Server prior to IB 7 instead of killing the server.

In an ideal world that is true. In the real world doing that kind of
regression testing on outdated versions is a waste of resources that
could be put to better use. IB 6.0x is no longer being developed or
supported and most people have moved on to something else due to the
problems that IB 6.0x has running on current versions of Windows.

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Antonio Felix

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Mar 14, 2007, 7:57:02 PM3/14/07

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Hi,

You cannot use the gds32.dll from IB 2007 to connect to
IB 6.0.2.0

That's why you're crashing the Server.

HTH
Antonio

Jason Chapman

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Jun 5, 2007, 3:40:32 AM6/5/07

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Bill Todd wrote:

> Michael Danninger wrote:
>
> In an ideal world that is true. In the real world doing that kind of
> regression testing on outdated versions is a waste of resources that
> could be put to better use. IB 6.0x is no longer being developed or
> supported and most people have moved on to something else due to the
> problems that IB 6.0x has running on current versions of Windows.

When I visit a new client, there is a 50/50 chance they are using a
version of IB/FB that will fall foul of the latest gds32.dll crashing
the server on exit. I am not sure I would go for most by installation,
even 7 years on.

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