ODBC Pricing and usage...

[Robert Haussmann]

> Hey, to answer my own question.  Does it mean that to use a multi-user
> fpODBC license you *MUST* load the executables on one server 
> and all the
> outlying machines have to load the executables down the 
> network to their own
> memory space... and everything works that way?  The last time I tried
> Windows networking, only 10Mb  were available and that was 
> much too slow for
> this type of operation.  Now, maybe 100Mb would be better?  I 
> have a 1Gb
> network in my home, so it might work just fine... has anyone 
> tried this?
> For that matter, does anyone out there run a multi-user fpODBC system?
> 

Hi John--I only have time for a quick response, but here goes:

1) 100MBit is pretty much required, 1GB preferred
2) no problem loading the EXE's from the server
3) on the client, use PFLICFILE= to point to the server installation
and license file.  The license fill will contain the volume
serial # of the server (shared) drive.  No need to get serial #'s
from the clients.
4) Caveat--this doesn't work under Netware (where drive serial numbers
are dependent on IP address, network, client version, and other 
factors).

If you have any further questions, just let me know.

Bob Haussmann
Tabor Children's Services, Inc.