Hello,

> i am quiet new to Firebird using , so forgive me if this is a newbie
> question :
>
> it seems that if i create the database , using IBExpert , with the
> 'local' option ,
> then i can not connect to it using a remote (localhost) connection
> (connect localhost:c\dbase.fdb.......;),

If this is really your connect string, then there is a typo. Try:

localhost:c:\dbase.fdb


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