Eureka,

Connecting with tcp/ip (at 127.0.0.1) works.

thanks much,

ed

On Monday, April 20, 2009, at 09:07AM, "Kevin Stanton" <Kevin.Stanton@...> wrote:
>I would try a couple of things:
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>1) Make sure your firewall is open for port 3050.
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>2) Try using a TCPIP connection with 127.0.0.1.
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>3) Make sure the service is of course running.
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>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
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>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).
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>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.
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>We are using Firebird 1.5 and
>C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5\security.fdb
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>C:\Windows\system32\FBCLIENT.Dll
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>The server version of the database works fine.
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>tia
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>ed
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