--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "bjorgeitteno" <bjorge@...>
wrote:

>
> Got the following error messge when trying to open a database (FB
> 1.5.1):
> "ISC ERROR CODE: 335544831
>
> ISC ERROR MESSAGE:
> Please retry, specifying an option"
>
> ...Now, I haven't been able to find useful info on what could cause
> this. the database can be opened with IB Console, but not with the
> application using IBO. It used to work, but stopped to in the

middle of

> a processing task where the database is reconnected every now and

then.

The reason was quite odd: The database was specified in NetBEUI style
(\\Server\C:\etc...), and the other day administrator of the server
uninstalled this protocol...;-)

Bjorge