--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Gray" <dan@d...> wrote:

>
> Can someone explain what this error means? User gets error:
>
> SRVREER. Database Open Failure: I/O error for file "D:\path\file.ib"
> Error while trying to read from file. The process cannot access the
> file because anohter process has locked a portion of the file.
>
> By the time I remotely connect, the program runs okay. So I'm guessing
> another application is locking my file.ib and has unlocked it by the
> time I connect. What types of programs should I look for?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>

My guess is that you are using a local connection string. Local
connection strings mean that only a single application can connect to
the database.

If you put the hostname and ':' in front of the local path, then it
will be mult application happy.

SRVREER:D:\path\file.ib

but all applications will need to use this format.

As Alexandre posted, please include your Firebird version for more
specific help.

If you are using a version that supports it, you should make use of
aliases.conf.

Adam