At 01:56 AM 21/02/2008, you wrote:

>Hi All;
>
>Using the

>************* embedded Firebird ******************

>I am testing how to open one database on
>different paths.
>
>Example 1:
>
>The database is in C:\XX\XX.FDB, where C is my local drive. So I set:
>
>HOSTNAME=
>DATABASE=C:\XX\XX.FDB

This is what the embedded server is designed to work with.

>Example 2:
>
>The database is in F:\XX\XX.FDB, where F is mapped to LINUXHOST. So I
>set:
>
>HOSTNAME=LINUXHOST
>DATABASE=/XX/XX.FDB
>
>or
>
>HOSTNAME=
>DATABASE=LINUXHOST:/XX/XX.FDB
>
>or
>
>HOSTNAME=
>DATABASE=F:\XX\XX.FDB
>
>Example 1 works fine; but I can't open the database when it is on my
>network drive.

This is NOT what the embedded server is designed to work with.

"Local" means "physically local".

You'll have the same experience if you try to open a database with any Firebird server, where the database is not PHYSICALLY LOCAL, i.e., on a storage device that is directly controlled by the SAME HOST MACHINE as the Firebird server.

Is it possible to open the file on a network drive, using the

>embedded approach?.

NO.

./heLen