Neil,

> That is the error message you are referring to, the call is:
>
> -------------------------------
> if (($service = ibase_service_attach($host, $username, $password)) == FALSE) {
> -------------------------------
>
> the host is defined as:
>
> -------------------------------
> $host = '192.168.10.109:/var/lib/firebird/2.5/data/grip.fdb';
> -------------------------------
>
> So I think that it is correct.

No, sorry. When attaching to the services manager, you don't attach to a
particular database, but just to the server, thus you just have to
provide 192.168.10.109 for the host.

--
With regards,
Thomas Steinmaurer
http://www.upscene.com/

> Also if I query the database this works fine - only attaching to the service db is a problem.
>
> Neil
>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Steinmaurer <ts@...> wrote:
>>
>>> Seems that the rich text editor doesn't work and has stripped out all the formatting so here is the error message and code again:
>>>
>>> *****************************
>>> Service DB - Could not connect: Cannot attach to services manager service var/lib/firebird/2.5/data/grip.fdb:service_mgr is not defined
>>> *****************************
>>
>> I've no idea about the PHP usage, but the string above looks a bit
>> weird. The first part shouldn't be the path to database, but the
>> server/port information. E.g. the following is valid:
>>
>> localhost:service_mgr
>>
>> or
>>
>> localhost/3051:service_mgr
>>
>> Perhaps you are mixing something related to a database connection path
>> vs. server name when using the ibase_service_attach call?
>>
>> --
>> With regards,
>> Thomas Steinmaurer
>> http://www.upscene.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> // connect to the service database
>>> if (($service = ibase_service_attach($host, $username, $password)) == FALSE) {
>>> $smarty->assign('msg', 'Service DB - Could not connect: ' . ibase_errmsg());
>>> $smarty->display('feedback.tpl');
>>> break;
>>> }
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Neil
>>>
>>> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "grip_2ls" <lists@> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>> I am trying to write a PHP script to create a new Firebird user but when
>>>> I run the code I get the following:
>>>> Service DB - Could not connect: Cannot attach to services manager
>>>> service var/lib/firebird/2.5/data/grip.fdb:service_mgr is not defined
>>>> I am running Firebird 2.5 on Ubuntu.
>>>> This is the PHP code:
>>>> // connect to the service database if (($service =
>>>> ibase_service_attach($host, $username, $password)) == FALSE) {
>>>> $smarty->assign('msg', 'Service DB - Could not connect: ' .
>>>> ibase_errmsg()); $smarty->display('feedback.tpl'); break; }
>>>> Can I do this on Firebird and if so how?
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Neil
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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