Hi,

> I am tyring to connect to a FB database using XTG Systems InterBase6
> ODBC driver. They claim that it supports the following conection
> string:
>
> "DRIVER={XTG Systems InterBase6 ODBC
> driver};DB=myserver/:c:\mypath\mydb.gdb;UID=myname;PWD=secret;CHARSET=
> WIN1250;ROLE=myrole;"
>
> I modified this to fit my test program which is tyring to access the
> employee.gdb database that is shipped with FB.
> My connection string is the following:
>
> "DRIVER={XTG Systems InterBase6 ODBC
> driver};DB=localhost/:c:\employee.gdb;UID=SYSDBA;PWD=masterkey;"

I think that in order to connection with TCP/IP you should use:

localhost:c:\employee.gdb

> When i try to test this connection using a Data Link file, I get the
> following error: "Test connection failed ... Invalid Conection
> String attribute"

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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