Hello,

> Hi to everbody, I'm a new one and I'll explain you my problem. I've a
> database did build
> with Firebird 1.5 and marathon. It database is in the server, I'm at
> my workstation (without fisicall access to the server) building an
> application using Delphi 6, but frecuently when I try to connect at
> the database by IBExpert (The database is registered) and I get this
> message:
>
> Unsuccessful execution caused by a system error that precludes
> sucessful execution of subsequent statements.
> Unable to complete network request to host "Servidor".
> Failed to stablish a connection.
> No se ha podido establecer conexion ya que el equipo ha denegado
> activamente dicha conexion. (It means something like:It has not been
> possible to establish connection because the equipment has denied
> this
> connection actively).

Sounds like the Firebird service is not running.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
Server.
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