Dear Steffen,
the correct path is (also from the client):
2000server:D:/Firebird/database.gdb
Firebird doesn't know anything about the networkshare, and you should
consider, not to share the folder.

Andre

Steffen Bisgaard wrote:

>
> Hallo All,
>
> I am new to this group, and this will be my first posting. Hope I am in the right place.
>
> I am using Firebird 1.5.0, and everything is well. Problem relates to ODBC setup.
>
> I am using this odbc driver:
> http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/firebird/Firebird_ODBC_1.2.0.69-Win32.exe
>
> It works when I install and test on the same machine that firebird is on (Windows 2000 Server).
>
> The gdb file is located in D:/Firebird/database.gdb on the 2000 server.
>
> In the ODBC setup, I use this as the path to the remote database:
>
> 2000server:Firebird:/database.gdb
>
> (which I got by simply browsing to the 2000 server - the 'Firebird' folder is shared.
>
>
> When I try to connect from another machine I constantly get the following error:
>
> "Unable to complete network request to host "Firebird".
> Failed to locate host machine.
> The specified name was not found in the hosts file or Domain Name Services."
>
> This seems simple enough.
> I tried to add "10.2.0.10 2000sever" to the host file, but same error.
>
> The question is, why is it trying to locate a host called "Firebird" this is simply a folder on the 2000server, not a machine.
>
> Can anybody help me in the right direction?
>
> Stef
>
>