Hi,
I got the same result when I tried the IP.ADDRESS/PORT:PATH:\TO\DB -
Syntax with the isql-tool delivered with firebird version 1.0.
My guess is, that the OBDC driver you use isn't able to parse this
syntax (I've tried it on my machine, my isn't either).
André

>>The user gets the following error from SQLDriverConnect:
>>
>> Failed to open data source
>> Unable to complete network request to host "127.0.0.1".
>> Failed to locate host machine.
>> Undefined service 1233/tcp.
>> SQL error code=0, SQL state: 08004
>>
>>The database name in the ODBC connect string looks something like
>>this:
>>
>>DBNAME=127.0.0.1/1233:C:\TEMP\SOMETHING.GDB