> I was still not able to get a connection..I've double checked that
> such a database exists in the drive and directory..was able to connect
> to it via IBManager. Still am not able to figure out why this does not
> work. I've also turned off all firewalls for just in case.

I tested your code, you have remove

ds.setNonStandardProperty("isc_dpb_sweep", null);

line, without it everything is fine. I will check why this fails.

Best regards,
Roman Rokytskyy