At 03:08 PM 14/04/2005 +0000, you wrote:

>I have FireBird 1.5 on Win XP Pro.
>I'm using IBExpert (and Delphi 7 for development) I can't set a
>local connection. If I set server = local (in IBExpert for example)
>i get next error message:
>Connecting... Failed!
>------------------------------------
>Unsuccessful execution caused by an unavailable resource.
>unavailable database.
>
>Attempting to connect to services manager... Failed!
>------------------------------------
>
>Unsuccessful execution caused by an unavailable resource.
>Cannot attach to services manager.
>
>Disconnecting from database... Passed!
>
>But I can connect in remote mode. I put server reomte, server name
>and TCP/IP protocol and all work fine!!!
>
>Any ideas? I like use local connection.

Are you running the Classic server (fb_inet_server.exe)? It doesn't
support local connection except through the local loopback server (localhost).

./hb