At 10:52 PM 4/12/2006, you wrote:

>Environment: Windows XP - Service Pack 2 - Firebird 1.5.3.4870
>
>The following command:
>"CREATE TABLE NEW_TABLE EXTERNAL FILE 'C:\ExternalFile\FileName.txt'
>(C1 VARCHAR(200));"
>doesn't run and returns this message: "Access to external file
>"D:\EF\X1.SQL" is denied by server administrator."
>
>Although all permissions have been applied to
>'C:\ExternalFile\FileName.txt' and "firebird.conf" also has its
>parameter ExternalFileAccess set to 'C:\ExternalFile'.

But what is "D:\EF\X1.SQL" ? Is it a script that you are trying to
run in ISQL ? Could you explain what you are doing with these two
files and what you are using to do it?

./heLen