> Thanks for the response.
>
> > In other words, TRAK.exe connected to the Firebird server, but the
> > Firebird server was unable to open the database. This could be a
> > number of reasons; file missing; wrong security; trying to connect to
> > a database through a windows share or subst drive.
>
> Using IBExpert (or could be IBO, but just as an example) I change the
> database registration 'Server' from 'Remote' to 'Local' and it can not
> connect to the datatbase (although the database is local). I change it
> to 'Remote' and make the server name 'localhost' and it connects just
> fine.
>
> Does this make sense?

yep.
if you were using the embedded server, cpLocal or Local would work fine, but
I suspect you are using the normal client.
Using remote/localhost is fine when you are running a server service on the
same box as the client application.
Alan