Hi,
I managed to set up a System DSN, but am unable to connect to it using
the ADO components in Delphi 5.
Am I missing something here ? Or is there any good documentation on the
subject.

Could we use a File DSN for the purpose ?

Erik


In article <5.1.0.14.0.20021116180819.00bcf270
@...>, iblist@... says...

> To configure an ODBC driver or other kinds of firebird/interbase
> connections you have to teel the database name
>
> if your database is local just type the file naname and path
>
> c:\data\xyz.gdb
>
> if it is on a remote computer will be something like this:
> server:c:\data\xyz.gdb (on windows) or
> server:/home/user/xyz.gdb (on unix or linux)
>
> you could use ip address instead of host name like
> 192.168.1.1:c:\mydatabase\xyz.gdb or
> 192.168.1.1:/home/data/teste.gdb
>
> the database extension could be other than gdb you define it when you
> create the database, in winXP you SHOULD use a different extension or
> disable the System restore, because windows does not like firebird and the
> first time you "touch" the database windows make a copy (is this correct
> people ?) of the file, if your file is big you have a big delay in first

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