>> Works for me (using server:alias syntax).
>
> It never worked, except the "localhost" special case. GSTAT requires the
> local database access because it reads the header page itself, without
> the engine.

I was confused as well, because <remoteserver>:<alias> did produce a
result and not an error message. It simply ignores <remoteserver> or
replace that with localhost, at least the result was from a local
database with the same alias name as on <remoteserver> in place on the
local machine. ;-)


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