Without further information on what you actually typed in, one can only
guess. Did you enter <server_name>:<full_path>\file.fdb (eg
fred:c:\databases\file.fdb or linuxbox:/databases/file.fdb) as the
database name?

Regards,

Robert.

karb0nc0py wrote:

> I downloaded the ODBCs from firebird.org. i have the database name,
> dns, account name and password filled in. When i click test
> connection, i get "open database 'file.fdb' failed. i have used other
> applications such as Full Convert, xbaseview and all work without a
> problem, what am i doing wrong?
>
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