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 File: Readib.txt

Readme file for Local InterBase Server for Windows WI-V4.2.1

(c) 1996 Borland International, Inc. All rights reserved


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WELCOME TO BORLAND LOCAL INTERBASE SERVER FOR WINDOWS VERSION 4.2.1
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This document contains information that supplements or clarifies 
information that appears in the Help files and printed documentation 
provided with the Local InterBase Server for Windows.

To print this document from your word processor, use the Print command 
on the File menu.
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Topics

     Important Installation Notes
     New Features in this Release
     ODBC Driver
     Internet Developer Information
     Known Issues

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IMPORTANT Installation Notes

 The InterBase Developer Client V4.2.x and the InterBase Server 
 V4.2.x can be installed on the same system. This is not true 
 for earlier releases of the product. DO NOT install the InterBase
 Server V4.1 (or earlier) for Windows NT and any version of the
 InterBase Developer Client on the same system. 

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New Features in this Release

* Local InterBase Server now allows for remote connections to other
  InterBase Servers.
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ODBC Driver

Uninstall is not supported for the InterBase ODBC driver and the 
ODBC Driver manager.

Help for the ODBC driver is available by double clicking the 
"InterBase ODBC Driver Help" icon in the InterBase Server program 
group.

The ODBC Administrator may be started from either the ODBC program
group or the control panel.

* System Data Source Names (DSN)

  The InterBase ODBC driver now supports system DSNs

* ODBC Conformance Levels

  The InterBase ODBC driver is ODBC 2.5 compliant.  It supports API
  Level 1 and Core SQL Grammar.  For specific ODBC calls that are 
  supported, refer to the InterBase ODBC Driver on-line help.

* Limitations and Known Problems

  This version of the InterBase ODBC Driver does not support array
  datatypes.
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Internet Developer Information

* InterBase is now compatible with Microsoft's Information Server

* The Java client for InterBase (InterClient) can now be downloaded
  from Borland's web site at 
            http://www.borland.com/interbase/interclient

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Known Issues

       WISQL and ISQL both require that your TMP environment variable is set
       and points to a valid directory on your machine.  If this is not set or
       the directory it points to does not exist, WISQL and ISQL may not 
       work properly.

       Accessing InterBase tables via ODBC which contain character fields
       which are declared as being longer than 255 characters may not work
       properly under some circumstances.

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