In the Firebird Installation Directory is a file called aliases.conf.
Add a line to that file that looks like this:
MyDB = C:\Path\To\MyDB.fdb

Then when setting up the ODBC, the Database will be:
192.168.1.100:MyDB

Obviously, you will want to change the IP address; if it is on the local machine, just use MyDB as the Database.

HTH.
Kurt.





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From: Robert <birmingham_spider@...>
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 1:26:37 AM
Subject: Re: [firebird-support] FireBird ODBC Setup


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.

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> 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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