which network protocoll are you using?

have you tried
<machine2name>:C:/<database_path>/<gdb_name>
- look at the direction of slashes! -
for TCP.

have you tried to connect with IB_WISQL
from that PC to the DB server?

hannes hernler
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Von: Shiv Kumar <skumar@...>
An: 'IBDI@egroups.com' <IBDI@egroups.com>
Datum: Montag, 17. Juli 2000 21:32
Betreff: [IBDI] Remote Data Access using an ISAPI (Delphi)

>Hi
>
>I am not able to access an Interbase database residing on a remote machine
>via an ISAPI using either IBX or IBO. I can do this using the BDE.
>
>The ISAPI is running on machine 1, the database on machine 2. I use
><machine2name>:C:\<database_path>\<gdb_name> as the DatabaseName for both
>IBX and IBO. The error message I get is.
>Internal Server Error 500
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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>----
>
>Exception: EIBClientError
>Message: Cannot create shared resource. (Windows error 5)
>
>Anyone know what this is or what the solution is ?
>
>Shiv
>
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