At 10:06 AM 23/07/2004 -0700, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>(hopefully this is the right place for this question)

NOT. Please use the support list.

http://www.yahoogroups.com/groups/firebird-support

>2) what is the expected path-to-the-server protocol? I'm using:
>
> \\MyServer\SharedDirectory\sub1\sub2
>
> or
>
> //MyServer/SharedDirectory/sub1/sub2

You can't connect to a shared directory. For the Why and How, ask on support.

Helen
(Moderator)