IBConsole for Solaris

Shannon Whitty

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Apr 23, 2002, 1:29:10 AM4/23/02

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Hi All,

I am an Oracle user and have been for the past 4+ years in my current
position. After dispute over billing we have decided to research our
alternatives and hence I have found myself installing Borland InterBase 6.5
on Solaris 8. I have installed the server and client and managed to start
the server.

I am reading so much about this IBConsole and it's GUI, yet I am unable to
find it or use it!!!! Does it come with the initial packages ??? If so,
where???

I found the windows version, believing I could connect to the database
remotely but it continues to give read errors ...

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Shannon

Martijn Tonies

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Apr 23, 2002, 4:30:56 AM4/23/02

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Hi Shannon,

If IBConsole for Windows isn't working, you might want to update to the
latest version of it.

The latest version can be found at Borland CodeCentral:
http://codecentral.borland.com/codecentral/ccweb.exe/author?authorid=102

(link might wrap)

Alternatively, if you're used to Oracle 3rd party tools, give InterBase
Workbench a try - www.interbaseworkbench.com - I've worked with it to
administer InterBase databases on Windows, Linux and Solaris servers.

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Craig Stuntz [TeamB]

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Apr 23, 2002, 11:19:32 AM4/23/02

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In article <3cc4f0bb$1_1@dnews>, shan...@reynolds.com.au says...

> I am reading so much about this IBConsole and it's GUI, yet I am unable to
> find it or use it!!!! Does it come with the initial packages ??? If so,
> where???

There are versions of IBConsole for Linux and Windows, but not
Solaris.

>
> I found the windows version, believing I could connect to the database
> remotely but it continues to give read errors ...
>

You need to mention what the errors are if you want help fixing
them. Connecting to an IB server running on Solaris from a Windows
client should not be a problem.

HTH,

-Craig

Shannon Whitty

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Apr 23, 2002, 8:08:45 PM4/23/02

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Interbase library gds32.dll not found in the path. (obviously as the server
is remote) Please install Interbase to use this functionality.

Click OK

Access violation at address 00547366 in module 'IBConsole.exe'. Read of
address 00000000

IBConsole starts up but nothing can be acheived.

Click on 'Reggister a new Interbase Server'

Enter details:
* Remote Server
Server Name: [machineIP]
Network Protocol: TCP/IP
Alias Name: [machine hostname]
User Name: root
Password: keymaster

Access violation at address 004AD526 in module 'IBCOnsole.exe'. Read of
address 00000018.

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Shannon Whitty

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Apr 23, 2002, 8:37:13 PM4/23/02

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Tried Intebase Workbench as well ... Still no good ...

Open up executable and I receive the following error:

Interbase library gds32.dll not found in the path. Please install Interbase
to use this functionality. !!!! (I am trying to use it remotely ... Of
course it's not in the path ...)

Click OK

Same error ...

Click OK

File >> Connect to database

Your Alias: Remote InterBase
Database: mydomain.com.au:/usr/interbase/exxamples/employee.gdb
Username: root
Password: keymaster
Protocol: TCP/IP

Click OK

Interbase Client GDS32.DLL is not installed

I'm about ready to give up ...

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Jeff Overcash (TeamB)

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Apr 23, 2002, 9:44:21 PM4/23/02

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Shannon Whitty wrote:
>
> Interbase library gds32.dll not found in the path. (obviously as the server
> is remote) Please install Interbase to use this functionality.
>

Obviously? GDS32.dll is the InterBase Windows Client library. Where the server
is doesn't matter, your client machine still needs the InterBase client
installed.

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a world in which happiness is in short supply. (RAH)

Martijn Tonies

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Apr 24, 2002, 2:29:19 AM4/24/02

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Hi Shannon,

Have you installed the InterBase CLIENT software? gds32.dll is part of
this... Install it and you will notice that everything works just fine...

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Shannon Whitty

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Apr 25, 2002, 8:13:05 PM4/25/02

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So I've got to download both the soalris version and the Windows version,
install the database on solaris and the client on windows ??? Sounds logical
!!!

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Jeff Overcash (TeamB)

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Apr 25, 2002, 10:15:56 PM4/25/02

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Shannon Whitty wrote:
>
> So I've got to download both the soalris version and the Windows version,
> install the database on solaris and the client on windows ??? Sounds logical
> !!!
>

Name a C/S DB that you don't have to install the client software for the OS you
want to run a client on. With Oracle you have the same situation you have to
install the 500+ MB Oracle Windows client if you want to access the DB on
another server or platform.

Martijn Tonies

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Apr 26, 2002, 3:29:24 AM4/26/02

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> So I've got to download both the soalris version and the Windows version,
> install the database on solaris and the client on windows ??? Sounds
logical
> !!!

Yes - you install the server side portion on the server machine and the
client
side portion on every client machine.

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Craig Stuntz [TeamB]

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Apr 26, 2002, 9:44:43 AM4/26/02

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In article <3cc89b22_2@dnews>, shan...@reynolds.com.au says...

> So I've got to download both the soalris version and the Windows version,
> install the database on solaris and the client on windows ??? Sounds logical
> !!!
>

Client and server for all three supported platforms are already on
the IB CD.

-Craig

Shannon Whitty

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May 6, 2002, 9:55:42 PM5/6/02

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Oracle does not require you download the entire database if you only want to
use the client.

Shannon

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Jeff Overcash (TeamB)

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May 6, 2002, 11:18:45 PM5/6/02

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Shannon Whitty wrote:
>
> Oracle does not require you download the entire database if you only want to
> use the client.

Neither does InterBase. The InterBase client is ~10 MB as a full install, the
minimum custom Oracle Client install under Windows is 290MB, 750+ MB for a full
install.