Pervasive Databe Pre-load

>I wonna know if it's possible to run the Pervasive Database pre-
>Load as Windows Service.

Yes, at least on NT-class machines. I've used the SRVANY utility from the Windows NT Resource Kit to do that several times.

There's also a utility you can download from Pervasive that will turn the database engine into a service.

This will probably exclude you from any support directly from Max in the future should you start to have problems. I talked to them about this before and they told me that I was more than welcome to try it, but since it isn't a supported configuration there was a limit to how much support they could provide should something go wrong. I managed to convince the people I was working with to just live with it as an application, so I've not had any personal experience.

Something to keep in mind, anyway.

>There's also a utility you can download from
>Pervasive

Hmmm. I didn't find any such utility at the Pervasive website, but I did find an article in their Knowldege Base that says you can run w3dbsmgr.exe as a service under Win9x as well via

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

That's handy to know as well!

My memory must be failing. I thought that it was a utility they provided that would do this all for you, but I guess not. It's been a while since I actually looked at it.

If anyone else is interested, here are the ID numbers for the documents on Pervasive's KB site:

Running as a service on NT, 2000, XP: psql1828
Running as a service on 9x, ME: psql1830

Hi,
Thanks for the informations.
I can find the docs on the pervasi web site can you give me the link?

thans again

You have to go to Pervasive's website (http://www.pervasive.com) and navigate your way to their Knowledge Base. You have to log in to get access to their information which is why I can't give you a direct link. One you've made it to their KB, simply search for those document IDs I mentioned in my last post.

Thanks man.
I got it.