--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@...> wrote:

>
> The answer is that we don't have a released 1.5 version in which
> aliasing works correctly with Named Pipes.
>
> Dmitry says it is fixed in Fb 2.0, and the fix is fairly trivial. He
> said he would try to find time to patch v.1.5.3.

Thank you so much for your support. The main thing is that I can now
cease searching the fault in my own software :-)

Matthias