On 21/02/2020 8:46 pm, Ivan wrote:

the "usual" networking is Windows that allows you to run queries on the 
server macine. AFAIK. Linux doesn't alllow to do this. Have you tried 
run query locally with  P9 where the database is on Linux?

FWIW, that's why I use SQL databases. Can be on a Windows server, Linux 
server, SPARC server or Mac server. Doesn't matter. Just use an IP 
address to connect and Roberta's your auntie.

> 
> probably the following:
> - of course network drives is nothing unusual. and as i see it, the 
> answers are valid for the "usual" networking, because it's allways a sw 
> installed on each network drive, which can handle the .db data-files as 
> database-file. then there's no problem to use the "Query may be local or 
> remote" setting for query.
> 
> and the smb don't explain, why the setting "Run query locally" work with 
> P9 but don't work with P9R.
> 
> just my opinion.
>