On 8 Mar 2002 at 7:31, lester@... wrote:

> > - The setting I used is \\serverIPaddr\e:\database\material.gdb
>
> Is e: a real drive?
>
> If it is then try the TCP/IP protocol
>
> serverIPaddr:e:\database\material.gdb
>
> If not - you need the real hardware drive letter.
>
> Also, a machine name will work a LOT better than an IP
> address. The first thing windows does is tries and looks it
> up. When it does not find it, it returns what you supplied,
> and then checks if it is a valid address - it does not do
> that before it does the search!

Yes, I solved my problem already... thanks to Lester and Sean.

I changed my database to use servername:e:\database\material.gdb
I also changed the IB account to use Administrator account.

Thanks to both of you.

Regards,
Hian