Helen,

H> The secret is that you can access the alias for
H> CREATE DATABASE on Windows SS via the IPServer local protocol.

<SNIP>

SQL>> CREATE DATABASE 'localhost:ghastly'

This is not IPServer, it's TCP/IP. Isn't it?

BTW, it works here (Fb1.5 SS on Win, without the localhost: part, I
mean).

Ciao
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