Thank you ever so much! That worked like a charm. I thought we were beyond the realm of the 8.3 file names, etc. I'm glad you gave me the solution. I would have given up long before I tried that. I hope this might help the next person who has the same problem. And ... it seems strange not to be able to find this information, since the primary use of a Firebird Server would be in a local network where other machines are connecting to the database. Maybe everyone else is use short machine names! Or, maybe they're not using Firebird .NET yet.

Thanks again. You are a gentleman and a scholar.

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, LtColRDSChauhan <rdsc1964@...> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 1:25 PM, thestorm1947 <thestorm1947@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I have Firebird WI-V2.5.0.25920 Firebird 2.5 Release Candidate 2 installed
> > on a Windows 2008 Server. I have the same installed on my local workstation
> > and I can connect to a database and create a Connection and all seems to
> > work okay.
> >
> > I am able to connect to the Firebird database on the Server from my Local
> > machine with FlameRobin.
> >
> > When I attempt to create a Connection in VS2010 (Trial ... waiting for
> > purchased version to arrive), I get the error "Index was outside the bounds
> > of the array." The following are my settings in the Add Connection Dialog
> > Box:
> >
> The elements of the connection strings are not being accepted. Hence the
> index (of connection string element) is falling out of range. I had the
> same issue and the problem element of the connection string was the
> DataSource. I changed the name of the Computer to within 8 characters, with
> out special characters and the issue was resolved.
> Regards,
> Lt Col RDS Chauhan.
>
> >
> > Data source: Firebird Data Source (.NET Framework Data Provider for
> > Firebird)
> >
> > Data Source: HOOPLEXPRESSSVR
> > Data Source Port: 3050
> > Dialect: 3
> > Charset:
> > Database: HOOPLEXPRESSSVR:D:\Glsa1FirebirdTestDatabase\GLSA1.FDB
> > User: SYSDBA
> > Password: masterkey
> > Role:
> >
> > Can anyone educate me as to what I am doing wrong? I have exhausted Mr.
> > Trial and Mr. Error and cannot get this to work. *** HELP!!! ***
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Lt Col (Retd) Rajiv Dular Singh Chauhan
> 09601704890
> 0265-2637655
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