Thomas Steinmaurer wrote:

>>I've just started trying to use the classic version of the firebird
>>server. Installs fine and I can connect using iSQL, but can't using
>>delphi's interbase components or IBOConsole. With IBOConsole I get the
>>error "Cannot attach to services manager"; with delphi, an internal gds
>>error.
>>I've tried with 1.5.0, 1.5.1 and 1.5.2RC1 just incase there was a
>>problem with the installer.
>>Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?
>
>
> Services API is fully supported in 1.5.1, but AFAIR only
> under Linux, but I might be wrong here.
>
> On which platform do you have Firebird Classic installed?
>

Windows XP :(

> Is gds32.dll installed in the system directory, namely
> with a version string starting with "6.3...."?
>

No, no sign of it. There's an old one, 6.2... but no 6.3
Should this have been installed?

During the setup it does ask if a gds32.dll should be generate for
legacy support... but it doesn't seem to generate one.