Have you tried to use a remote connection string, even for
local connections (localhost:c:\....)?

HTH
Thomas Steinmaurer
IB LogManager 2.0 - The Logging Tool for Interbase/Firebird
http://www.iblogmanager.com

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> I have a program that runs as a service (on NT/2000/XP) or with a gui
> interface (on 95/98/ME). It creates a database by calling the API

function

> isc_dsql_execute_immediate. The works properly from the gui version but

the

> service one gives an error "unavailable database". The Firebird database

is

> running and I can create databases from everywhere but the service.

Anyone

> know why this is and what the "unavailable database" message could mean?
>
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