Hello,
Is there something like Alias equivalent to the one exists in FireBird ?

I can use alias to connect to server database no matter the path.

Thanks

Isaac,

<< Is there something like Alias equivalent to the one exists in FireBird ?

I can use alias to connect to server database no matter the path. >>

This simply cannot be true.  Somehow the alias has to still know where the
physical database is located - it doesn't just automatically "find" the
database by itself.

The "alias" in ElevateDB is the database definition in the configuration.
It "points" to where the database is actually located, just like an "alias".

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

> This simply cannot be true.  Somehow the alias has to still know where the
> physical database is located - it doesn't just automatically "find" the
> database by itself.

FYI

Firebird uses a aliases.conf text file where you specify for each alias
where your phsycial db is (using absolute file path).

EDB in my view is more elegant since you (as per Tim) always use alias
(database name in this case).

Raul

Raul,

<< Firebird uses a aliases.conf text file where you specify for each alias
where your phsycial db is (using absolute file path). >>

Thank you very much, that is what I suspected.

<< EDB in my view is more elegant since you (as per Tim) always use alias
(database name in this case). >>

Well, I can't help but like the word "elegant" when it is used to describe
one of our products.

The general design of EDB was to eliminate the application from worrying
about where things are located from the standpoint of the data access.  This
was a bit of an issue with DBISAM where local applications had to use
directories, but applications that used the DBISAM Database Server used
logical database names instead.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

ok thanks guys