> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "gerardccvd"
> <gerard.van.dorth@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Adam,
> >
> > Thanks for your help:
> > Version 1.5.2 (according to the release notes)
> > It's a classic server (not the enterprise one)
> > There are 2 services started: Firebird Guardian & Server
> > I'm adminstator when i'm running the Firebird ISQL tool
> > The statement is: "CREATE DATABASE 'D:\data\track.gdb';"

not sure - but I think he's saying Classic in reference to the OS i.e
standard not enterprise Win2003
He's probably unaware that there is a classic and superserver architecture
for Firebird
Alan

>
> Hi Gerard,
>
> There are actually 3 problems I can see, 1 of them is causing a
> problem, another will cause a problem some time in the future, and the
> third may cause problems with OS components.
>
> Problem 1:
>
> The Windows version of Classic Server under Firebird 1.5 does not
> support local protocol. This is documented somewhere, probably in the
> release notes or quick start guide. You need to use the TCP loopback.
>
> eg:
> CREATE DATABASE 'localhost:D:\data\track.gdb';
>
> OR
> CREATE DATABASE 'MyServerName:D:\data\track.gdb';
>
> OR
> CREATE DATABASE '192.168.0.1:D:\data\track.gdb';
>
> Problem 2:
>
> Uninstall the guardian service. Under Classic, it will cause ghost
> connections to occur. It is a monitoring tool for Superserver to make
> sure the server process restarts if it crashes. In fact it is not even
> needed under 'NT' based OS (NT/2K/XP/03) because your services manager
> can handle restarts on failure anyway.
>
> Problem 3:
>
> Under Windows XP, gdb files are backed up by System Restore upon
> connection. Rename the database to track.fdb (providing your trackplus
> software can be told to look for that file or an alias).
>
> Adam
>