Coexistence of Firebird 1.5 and InterBase 5.6 or 6.0

Brenden Walker

Paul Vinkenoog

8 April 2005 - Document version 1.2.1

Table of Contents

Introduction
Running Firebird and InterBase together
Afterword
A. Setting up a Firebird 1.5 Release Candidate
B. Document history
C. License notice

Introduction

This paper describes how you can make InterBase and Firebird 1.5 coexist on your Windows computer. Please note that the solution provided here will not allow InterBase and Firebird to run at the same time. You can toggle between them with a minimum of hassle though.

Note

In order to run InterBase and Firebird 1.5 really simultaneously, they have to listen on different ports. This requires some setup on both server and client side. Information on how to do this may be added to this document later, if the maintainer finds the time. For now, you'll have to consult the section Configuring the port service on client and server from the Release Notes (in the doc subdirectory of your Firebird 1.5 installation).