IB used to have a means of "atewaying" from one server to another... I think
I read where FB is going to lok at reactivating that code especially in the
light of serverside aliases but someone else should comment on that.
Otherwise the server you attach to cannot go connecting to another machine
Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: James Gill [mailto:james@...]
Sent: Sunday, 23 February 2003 10:22 AM
To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ib-support] Connecting IB through the Internet.


Can the other system resolve that computer name?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan McDonald" <alan@...>
To: <ib-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 4:04 PM
Subject: RE: [ib-support] Connecting IB through the Internet.


> you can' use that connection string
> is compuername a share of 111.111.111.111?
> If so that's impossible.
> the database MUST reside on a system drive of the host machine
>
> Alan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lawrence N. Green [mailto:lgreen@...]
> Sent: Sunday, 23 February 2003 9:43 AM
> To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [ib-support] Connecting IB through the Internet.
>
>
> Actually, may I change this a bit....
>
> what I am trying to use is...
> 111.111.111.111://computername/C:\mydir\mydb.gdb
>
> Thanks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lawrence N. Green [mailto:lgreen@...]
> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 3:19 PM
> To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ib-support] Connecting IB through the Internet.
>
>
> Can someone tell me what it means when you get an error message of...
> Cannot attach to password database
>
> I can connect with
> 111.111.111.111:c:\mydir\mydb.gdb
> but when I try with
> mycomputername:c:\mydir\mydb.gdb
> I get this message
>
>
> Thanks
>
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