Personal Server vs Network Server

[Westy]

When building an installer what factors should be taken into consideration with regard to the use and setup of Sybase Personal Server (dbeng9.exe) vs Sybase Network Server (dbsrv9.exe)?

It is my understanding that they are both nearly the same with regard to most Servoy solutions because clients normally come in through Servoy Server which then makes a local connection to the Sybase databases (as opposed to situations where remote users connect directly to a Sybase database, which would require Sybase Network Server). Am I correct so far?
It is also my understanding that Sybase Personal Server does not allow direct url connections. Does this mean that when Sybase Personal Server is used clients will not be able to access the Servoy Administration page through a url, or should that still work because it is being accessed through Servoy?

It appears that all that is required to switch between using Sybase Personal Server and Sybase Network Server is changing dbeng9.exe to dbsrv9.exe in the servoy.properties file. Is that correct, or are there other adjustments that need to be made when switching between the two?

[Jan Aleman]

Personal Server only alllows 10 local connections. Personal Server is the default database server that ships with Servoy Runtime. With this 10 local connections in general you could serve up to 100 Servoy users (database connections are being shared). In many cases Servoy Sever will be installed on the same machine as the database server in which case it doesnt really matter if you use personal or network server as the db connections are made to the local server. Also administration won't give any problems.
By default Servoy Runtime ships with Personal Server and Servoy Server/Developer ship with the network server unless you have specific agreements with Servoy and/or Sybase.

To switch between the two you only need to change the engine (dbeng vs dbsrv)

NOTE: In all cases make sure you are not violating Servoy or Sybase licensing, unless you have specific agreements with Servoy and/or Sybase Servoy Developer ships with a Network Server license and runtime with personal license. Additionally for each Servoy client license you can use the Network server.