Thanks to both of you.
When I entered the complete command on a single line, the database was created.
I don't know if it was necessary, but the command "set auto on;" worked (whatever it did), however:
(1) the command "set dialect 3;" failed with a command error
(2) after the create, I did not receive any message about the database being created or connected.
I was able to connect to the DB with IBQ so I assume (at this point) that everything is OK.
Thanks,
John

----- Original Message -----
From: Fidel Viegas


I always do:

SQL>CREATE DATABASE 'c:\path\to\database\newdb.fdb' USER 'SYSDBA'
PASSWORD 'xxxxxxxxxx' ;

if I am connecting locally. I only use the host name if doing a remote
connection.

Fidel.




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