Helen,

>>Engine Code : 335544344
>>Engine Message :
>>I/O error for file "ndgest"
>>Error while trying to open file
>>The system cannot find the file specified.

H> Can't find the right aliases.conf?

as far as I can tell it's at the right location and the registry
points to its folder. Everything is installed with default settings
and the machine is clean. A colleague of mine tested on two different
(supposedly clean) machines and one behaves like mine, while another
one behaves correctly. We can't figure out the difference, though.

H> You have the FIREBIRD variable available and it's pointing to the
H> Fb 2.0.4 aliases.conf

no, the variable is not set and there's no trace of any other version
of Firebird on the system.

H> Check whether the alias exists in Fb 2.1's aliases.conf; also
H> check for existence of the FIREBIRD variable and if so, update it
H> to Fb 2.1's root dir.

everything is ok. Something fishy is going on.

Ciao
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