AdPay-Systech wrote:

>
> I have two machines using TCP/IP network. Machine A=Admin, Machine
> B=Systech. Both are running Interbase 6.0 C/S with database on Admin
> in path Admin_d\program files\advance\adv_pay.gdb. I have mapped G: to
> Admin_d.
>
> I can register server and database on Admin. I have registered remote
> server on Systech, can not register the remote database. I have tried
> several paths for file in ibconsole but always get an error. Tried using > \\admin\admin_d\program files\advance\adv_pay.gdb, also tried using
> mapped drive.
>
> What am I missing.
>

The basic syntax of tcp/ip connections for IB and Firebird under Win32 is
this:

hostname:driveletter:\path\to\database.gdb

driveletter must be a drive local to the server, not a mapped drive.

I would also suggest that moving the database from the 'program files'
directory would be a good thing for two reasons.

1/ That space in the path name is going to trip you up one day.
2/ It is really bad practice to store globally available data in the
applications area.

For now, only reason 1 may be of concern - you will find it a lot easier to do
test connections from various tools if you don't have spaces in the path.


Paul
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Paul Reeves
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