At 02:18 PM 31/01/2007, you wrote:

>Hi Helen,
>
>Just tried this again -
>
>'create database 'c:\risdev\rising3.fdb' user 'SYSDBA' password
>'masterkey' PAGE_SIZE 4096;'
>
>Same thing... the server is running as a service - haven't modified
>any fb settings at all.
>
> > You can't create a database without a fully-specified file path.
>
>Is this particular to Vista - it does work in XP.

It might be that you are trying to run the command as a remote
desktop client. Can you check whether you can do it via TCP/IP using
the server's hostname in the path? e.g., if hostname is 'vistasrvr':

'create database 'vistasrvr:c:\risdev\rising3.fdb' user 'SYSDBA' password
'masterkey' PAGE_SIZE 4096;'

./heLen