Thanks, Helen.
I confused with \\10.10.1.100 that usual use on windows. I already replace
the setting with 10.10.1.100 and it work already.
Thanks alot for all your suggestions.

Regards,
MONA.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Helen Borrie" <helebor@...>
To: <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Firebird on Linux Through Delphi 7


> At 10:34 PM 19/10/2003 +0700, you wrote:
> >Hi All,
> >
> >I Just try migrate OS for database Server from Windows to Linux. So I use
> >Firebird for databases on Linux Server.
> >How can I connect to the database on Linux through application that I
made
> >with Delphi 7.0 that running on Windows XP ?
> >I already connect to the databases on Linux though IBexpert with
> >Connection : \\10.10.1.100:data
> >There's no problem throgh IBExpert for create dan retrieve table. But I
> >still can not Connect to the databases through Delphi that running on
> >windows base OS.
> >
> >Was any rule's I miss ? Can't application connect to the Linux Server
> >database though BDE too ?
>
> Yes. But the connection must be TCP/IP. IBExpert is helping you by
> converting your path string to correct TCP/IP syntax under the hood.
>
> Set up an alias in the BDE config manager like:
>
> 10.10.1.100:/path/to/databases/mydatabase.fdb
>
> I'm personally not keen on using the IP address of the server in the
> connection string so I configure it in the network with a host name.
>
> e.g. on one of my Linux servers I keep a database named lstore.fdb in a
> local filesystem named /data. The server is recognised by my network (a
> mix of Windows and Linux machines) as coolduck. My BDE alias string (if I
> really wanted to live dangerously) would be:
>
> coolduck:/data/lstore.fdb
>
> In /etc/hosts the server identifies itself as
> 10.12.13.5 coolduck
>
> All of the client machines (Windows and Linux) also have this entry in
> their hosts files. Look in c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc for it (or
> Windows dir on w9x)
>
> heLen
>
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