> It appears you're doing a direct file access to the DB - I hope
> it's on the
> machine you're trying to do this from!
>
> You should always put the server name in the connection string:
> isql -u USER -p PASS "servername:c:/progra...etc.etc.../pos.fdb"
>
> If you mix direct file access, and TCP/IP via servername/path/to/db, you
> will wreck databases!
>
> (Unless things have changed in the last two years...)
>
> N.

that hasn't changed but there is now some level of protection when using the
correct client libs - the second connection if not "identical" to the first
will be rejected
Alan