Hi Carsten,

> But the problem with local-mode and java as a service ist still
> present.
> Log4j output is the following (if i do not permit interaction with
> the desktop):
> [GDS_Impl,INFO] Attempting to loadLibrary for "jaybird"
> [GDS_Impl,INFO] loadLibrary for "java_gds" returned OK.
> [GDS_Impl,INFO] Attempting to initilize native library.
> [GDS_Impl,INFO] Successfully loaded client library # 0 -
> "fbclient.dll".
> [GDS_Impl,INFO] Initilized native library OK.
> [GDS_Impl,DEBUG] Original file name: d:/Datenbanken/db_ruebig.gdb
> [GDS_Impl,DEBUG] File name for native code:
> d:/Datenbanken/db_ruebig.gdb
> [FBManagedConnection,DEBUG] Could not get a db connection!
> org.firebirdsql.gds.GDSException: unavailable database
> ...
> my programm reports this for every getConnection() call on the
> datasource.

Did you ask in Firebird-Support about this issue? Also did you try
your application with embedded driver? I suspect that this is not a
JayBird issue, but rather something related to Firebird running on
Windows. Unfortunatelly I am not a Win32 developer, but people in
Firebird-Support are.

Best regards,
Roman Rokytskyy