At 03:04 PM 8/04/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>I got the above to work on a Win2k box.
>
>I have set up firebird.conf as:
>
>
>ExternalFileAccess = Restrict 'UDF'
>
>UdfAccess = Restrict 'UDF'
>
>Initially I had set the
>UdfAccess = Restrict 'UDF'
>only
>
>All I get (when I add a view that uses string2blob, which has been
>added as a UDF) is:
>
>Access to UDF library "fbudf.DLL" is denied by server administrator.
>
>(I am logged in as SYSDBA).
>
>My set up is as recomended (dll inside udf directory etc etc).
>
>Any advice would be gratefully received.

It's off-topic for this list but...

Take the quotes off. It should be
UDFAccess = Restrict UDF

Also, for your ExternalFileAccess directory, it's a pretty bad idea to put
external tables in a software directory...and it has nothing to do with UDFs.

Helen