I would try a couple of things:

1) Make sure your firewall is open for port 3050.

2) Try using a TCPIP connection with 127.0.0.1.

3) Make sure the service is of course running.



Kevin



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From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of edward.malloy
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 7:49 AM
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [firebird-support] Unavailabe Database - TIBDatabase - local
connection








I just created a local version of our production database using Firebird's
gbak (we use this on a daily basis and have restored often).

The local database can be read and processed by ibExpert, but when I try to
create a TIBDatabase with the settings: Connection Local, Database:
C:\databases\.... I get a database unavailable error.

We are using Firebird 1.5 and
C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5\security.fdb
and
C:\Windows\system32\FBCLIENT.Dll

The server version of the database works fine.

tia

ed





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