Hi Mark

Thanks for the answer.

Unfortunately I have to use the .gdb extension because I am connecting to a database from a third part party.
I tried to use the IP address instead but without any luck.

At the moment I'm using "Data Sources (ODBC)" from windows 2003 and I assumes that it is running in 64 bit, so I don't think that the problem is because I'm connecting from a 32 bit application.

Kind regards

Andreas

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Rotteveel" <Avalanche1979@...> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I'm a fairly new user of firebird and I have a problem connecting to a
> > firebird.gdb with ODBC.
>
> Don't use .gdb as an extension. This can cause performance problems as Windows sometimes does special things with files with that extension. Use .fdb instead.
>
> > My setup is as follows:
> > I have a virtual machine running Windows 2003 64 bit where i installed
> > Firebird_ODBC_2.0.0.148_x64.exe
> > Firebird-2.1.3.18185_0_x64.exe (only the client)
> >
> > Im trying to connect to another virtual machine with windows 2003 64 bit
> > where the GDB is placed.
> >
> > I have tried every combination that I can think of in the Firebird ODBC
> > Setup control panel. Including the different dll (fbclient and gds32) but i
> > keep getting the error "Open database 'Server:d:\db\dbfilename.gdb' Failed".
> > Both machines are running on the same domain.
>
> Is the application you are connecting from by any chance a 32 bit application? In that case you need a 32 bit ODBC. Try accessing the other server using the IP address instead of the hostname.
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