GDS_DB should simply map to 3050.

Looking back at your original post, I can see exactally what the problem
is... your Provider.

"MSDASQL.1" is the provider used to connect to an Access Database. You
need to install a Provider for Interbase/Firebird. I recommend the one I
currently use, ZStyle:

http://www.zstyle.dp.ua/files/ibfree5.zip

After that, change the Provider in your connection string to
'Provider=ZStyle IBOLE Provider;'

Let me know how it goes.

Jason


Sam Hunt wrote:

> Tried this and failed.
> Error read:
> "Connecting to nsti-2...Could not open connection to host, on port
> gds_db:Connect failed"
>
> Regarding "telnet"ing the client, Adam's command line read "telnet
> dbservername 3050". He wrote that, if the screen went BLACK, the test
> was successful, which mine did.
>
> Back to your command line. What is GDS_DB? Can you help me still?
> Sam Hunt