Thanks! It had been several months since I had registered databases in
FlameRobin and I had forgotten about using the "local" path;
FlameRobin unhelpfully lets you browse to the share path...

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Martijn Tonies"
<m.tonies@...> wrote:

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> > I'm using Firebird 2.0 WI-V2.0.0.12748; I'm trying to access databases
> > on several PC's on our network, they are all in the same IP range
> > (192.168.107.xxx). I've added entries in the hosts file for any PC
> > that I couldn't ping by host name, I've verified that telnet hostname
> > 3050 works for all PC's. The two PC's I can't access with FlameRobin
> > and ISQL are in workgroups, but there is another PC in a workgroup
> > that I can access. I can browse to the database in FlameRobin, do
> > directory searches, etc. Here's an interesting wrinkle for the PC's I
> > can't access. The network URL for one is
> > \\BARINST\INST\BARRY\BARRY.FDB where INST is the share name for drive
> > C:. ISQL fails to connect (error -902, cannot find the path
> > specified). If I substitute \\BARINST\C:\BARRY\BARRY.FDB, ISQL
> > connects successfully! I've tried both syntax's for FlameRobin and
> > IBPP without success. FlameRobin reports error -904, unavailable

database.

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> Have you read the "Getting Started Guide"? If so, you would know
> how to connect: a SHARE will NOT work!
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> You should use the local path on the server, so if your server is

BARINST,

> and the database is at C:\Barry\Barry.fdb
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> Then (TCP/IP) use the following "connect string":
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> BARINST:c:\Barry\Barry.fdb
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> Martijn Tonies
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