At 01:57 PM 12/04/2005 +0200, you wrote:

> >
> > At 11:08 AM 12/04/2005 +0200, you wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I have installed Firebird 1.5 on a windows 2003 server, and are following
> >>the Quick start Guide.
> >>when i follow the example on page 14 to create a new database i always
> >> get
> >>this error:
> >>SQL> create database 'f:\db\isa.fdb'
> >>CON> user 'sysdba' password 'masterkey';
> >>Statement failed, SQLCODE = -904
> >>
> >>unavailable database
> >>SQL>
> >>
> >>Can someone explain me wy i can't create a database ?
> >
> > Is drive F an actual drive or partition on the server? (Can't be a share,
> > mapped drive, or whatever....)
>I'ts a actual drive on the server

And I should have asked - does the subdirectory f:\db exist? (Create
Database can't create directories...)

./hb