to_grille wrote:

> *) and again with slashes as listed above...
> C:\WORK\FIREBIRD1\bin>ISQL -u sysdba -password masterkey
> Use CONNECT or CREATE DATABASE to specify a database
> SQL> CONNECT "SERVER1:C:/WORK/FIREBIRD1/examples/EMPLOYEE.FDB";
> Statement failed, SQLCODE = -902
>
> Unable to complete network request to host "SERVER1".
> -Failed to establish a connection.
> -The system could not find the environment option that was entered.

Please take a step back.
Is this machine actually connected to a network?
If not, can you try opening a command prompt and trying

ping SERVER1
and
ping localhost

If these come back unreachable, then the problem is simply that XP has
not created the tcp/ip stuff yet.
In that case -

CONNECT "C:/WORK/FIREBIRD1/examples/EMPLOYEE.FDB";

should work bypassing tcp/ip

( I think this is right, my kids laptops have XP and we could not put
anything decent on because the drivers are not available for 98SE, and
re-installing XP gave problems until the network stuff was restored )

--
Lester Caine
-----------------------------
L.S.Caine Electronic Services