Hi Gabor

Thanks for your response. I have this as the simple test case in aliases.conf:
C17_18181 = "D:\C17\DATA\VSO3.FDB"

Yet I cannot connect from the client to this alias. I have removed (including the folder) and reinstalled FireBird on both the server and client one by one yet no joy.

Firewall: I have made no changes to the firewall and I have been able to connect very regularly and consistently to the server from the client when I had been using ODBC. Since I converted to using Connection Strings the same configurations started to fall apart. Now that I have switched back to ODBC I have not been able to regain connections as before

And this loss of connection using Connect Strings happened not only in the development computer but on user-site too.

Kind regards.
Bhavbhuti

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Gabor Boros <gaborboros@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Please make a simple test case and try to connect to the database on the
> server itself and use local connection.
> An alias example: MYALIAS = D:\MYDIR\MYDB.FDB
> If the connection established try from the client too. If not working
> you have a firewall(,etc.) problem.
>
> Which Firebird version and which Firebird server version (SS, CS ,
> Embedded) used? You used the official installer?
>
> Gabor
>
> Bhavbhuti Nathwani írta:
> > Hi Helen
> >
> > --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Bhavbhuti Nathwani" <venussoftop@> wrote:
> >
> > C17_37250 = D:\PROGRA~1\VSO-CU~4.SYS\Data\vso3.fdb
> > C17_33761 = D:\PROGRA~1\VSO-CU~2.SYS\Data\vso3.fdb
> >
> > Is this good enough to be defined in aliases.conf? I can even upper() them if required
> >
> > Also please let me know if I can negate the refusal I am getting for the connections to the databases
> >
> > I have tried to uninstall (and delete FireBird folder) and reinstall FireBird on the server but I was not able to regain connection.
> >
> > Please advise
> >
> > Thanks and regards.
> > Bhavbhuti
>