Hi Helen,

> Thomas, just as a reality check, was the above sample a copy/paste
> from the isql shell? If so, where are the quotes on the strings?
>
> SQL> connect localhost:employee.fdb user sysdba password masterkey;
>
> should be
>
> SQL> connect 'localhost:employee.fdb' user 'sysdba' password 'masterkey';

With CONNECT they are optional (unless the path includes spaces). With
CREATE DATABASE they are mandatory. Talk about consistency ;-)


Kind regards,
Paul Vinkenoog