Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: Norton or ZoneAlarm stopping local connection
Author Helen Borrie
At 01:25 AM 3/01/2007, you wrote:
>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?

It sounds as though you are using Classic. Fb 1.5 Classic does not
support Local.

./heLen