At 03:45 PM 25/08/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>I still get the error:
>
>SQL> connect '127.0.0.1:/opt/firebird/examples/employee.fdb';
>Statement failed, SQLCODE = -902
>
>Unable to complete network request to host "127.0.0.1".
>-Failed to establish a connection.
>-Connection refused
>SQL>

Open the file /etc/hosts in a text editor and check that there is an entry
there. You might find you need to use localhost.localdomain, e.g.

127.0.0.1 localhost

If the entry isn't there add it; if it is there, close hosts and open
hosts.allow in the same dir. Make an entry for it there as well.

./hb