Hi Thomas,

Thanks very much!! This does seem to connect. Unfortunately, my ISQL
syntax is also not working - I create the database and cannot connect
to it (I am really loving Vista!). You got any suggestions on any
syntactical changes for ISQL?

Regards (and many thanks again!),
Leslie


--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Steinmaurer <ts@...>
wrote:

>
> Hello Leslie,
>
> > I have been testing Firebird 1.5.3 server against Vista RC2. I

can

> > create the service ok and create database as sysdba, but I am

getting

> > this error when I try to create a new user:
> >
> > unavailable database
> > unable to open database
> >
> > This occurs with it bundled in my project, but also with the

Windows

> > installer, (using instsvc is not allowed on Vista).
> >
> > Does anybody have any more information on this?
>
> The following is from the Firebird Quick Start Guide:
>
> Trouble running gsec
> If you have enough privileges but invoking gsec results in a

message

> like "cannot attach to
> password database - unable to open database":
> • You may be running Firebird on Windows and for some reason the

local

> protocol isn't working.
> You can circumvent this problem by "tricking" gsec into using

TCP/IP.

> Add the following
> parameter to the command line, adjusting the path if necessary:
>
> -database "localhost:C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5

\security.fdb"

>
>
> Perhaps this is what you are experiencing?
>
>
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Thomas Steinmaurer
> LogManager Series - Logging/Auditing Suites supporting
> InterBase, Firebird, Advantage Database, MS SQL Server and
> NexusDB V2
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>