Hi Uwe

check you services file in c:\windows\drivers\etc

add the line

gds_db 3050/tcp

and the most important thing, one empty line at the end of the file

save it and test it

Rui Francisco

Uwe Oeder wrote:

>I have changed the code accordingly:
>
>$MyHost = 'localhost:D:\Projects\CreativeInfo\Data\Data.FDB' ;
>$MyUsername = 'sysdba' ;
>$MyPassword = 'masterkey' ;
>$MyDBHandle = ibase_connect($MyHost,$MyUsername,$MyPassword) or die('error
>in db connect') ;
>$MyDBQuery = ibase_prepare($MyDBHandle,$SQLStatement) or die(ibase_errmsg());
>$MyDBDataset = ibase_execute($MyDBQuery) or die(ibase_errmsg());
>
>It then throws the following error message :
>
>Warning: ibase_connect() [function.ibase-connect]: Unable to complete
>network request to host "localhost". Failed to locate host machine.
>Undefined service gds_db/tcp. in D:\Projects\Webpage\Documents\Tester3.php
>on line 154
>error in db connect
>
>But I can ping localhost without any problems. What else could be wrong ?
>
>
>
>At 10:17 AM 11/19/2004, you wrote:
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>
>>Dmitry Kalugin wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>UO> $MyHost = '//dev1/:D:\Projects\CreativeInfo\Data\Data.DBF' ;
>>>
>>>invalid path "//dev1/" and Data.DBF is not Firebird Database
>>>
>>>
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