At 10:40 AM 21/07/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>I am trying to connect to the example database using
>isc_attach_database on linux using Firebird 1.5 (libfbclient.so)
>using the database name,
>'/opt/firebird/examples/employee.fdb' or

This one won't work with libfbclient.so and won't work at all with
Superserver. The only direct-local-connect option on Linux is
libfbembed.so and Classic server.

>'localhost:/opt/firebird/examples/employee.fdb'
>
>and get the following error:
>
>unable to complete network request to "C"
>- failed to locate host machine

Is localhost (or localhost.localdomain) defined in the /etc/hosts file? If
so, there will be an entry like
127.0.0.1 localhost # plus maybe an optional comment
or
127.0.0.0 localhost.localdomain # comment

>- the specified name in host file or domain name services was not
>found

Alternatively, try localhost.localdomain or the IP address 127.0.0.1.

>I am obviously using the wrong connection string. I cannot found
>documentation regarding the correct connection string for Linux.

It can be found in the OpGuide.pdf and also in the Quick Start Guide.

Your localhost connection string would work as long as the hosts entry
exists. Of course, it won't work if the client is remote...

/heLen