Hi Michael,

> Whats the difference between connecting to a local DB with a string
> lke this:
>
> C:\DB\MyDb.Gdb
>
> and
>
> Localhost:c:\DB\MyDb.Gdb

With the latter you are using a TCP/IP loopback connection.

Usually you need a TCP/IP connection even for a "local" one
when you have a multi-threaded application or if you want to
connect to your local database via a web-based application
(e.g. through a ISAPI Dll).

HTH,
Thomas.