Hi Uwe,

> Yes 100 % Sure. Double checked the file's name is Data.DBF

Are you doing this at the server or at your local workstation?

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
Server.
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com

> At 09:00 AM 3/9/2004, you wrote:
> >I've never named my IB/FB files with a ".DBF" extension. that's not to

say

> >it's illegal but are you extra 100% sure you don't mean to connect to a
> >data.gdb file?
> >Alan
> > >
> > > This is what firebird sends to me. The file exists 100%.
> > >
> > > C:\Firebird\bin>gfix -validate -user sysdba -password masterkey
> > > C:\Temp\Data.DBF
> > > ;
> > > I/O error for file "C:\TEMP\DATA.DBF;"
> > > -Error while trying to open file
> > > -The system cannot find the file specified.