On Mar 21, 2006, at 15:26, Helen Borrie wrote:

> It doesn't (and never has) recognised UNC paths. However, the Named
> Pipes protocol uses an UNC-style format, which works ONLY if
>
> a) server is the actual node name of the server (the one that appears
> in My Computer on that machine);
> and
> b) the "\path\to\database" is an absolute path on that machine
> and
> c) the host machine is running a service-capable Windows.
>
> Also, in all current releases of Firebird 1.5, database aliasing is
> broken for Named Pipes (fixed in Fb 2).
>
> Here's a Named Pipes connection string to a database that's in
> d:\data on a server named billsbuddy:
>
> \\billsbuddy\d:\data\mydatabase.fdb

Thanks Helen. Sadly, I am using an embedded server, so I don't think
this is an option for me.
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