Always the database should be in the same computer where the Firebird
Server was installed. Mapped drives doesn't work.

Greetings.

Walter.



On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Alexandre Benson Smith <
iblist@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Em 5/3/2013 22:21, bluewindow99 escreveu:
>
> > I'm just getting started with FB using the .NET interface.
> >
> > This connect string works just fine:
> >
> > private string ConnectionStringFireBird = "User
> ID=sysdba;Password=masterkey;Database=localhost:C:\\MYLOG.FDB;DataSource=localhost;Charset=NONE;";
> >
> > But if I copy the MYLOG.FDB file to a mapped network drive and
> substitute Z: for C: in the oonnect string above, I get a message
> "unavailable database". This remote drive is on a different PC and that PC
> does NOT have FB installed.
>
> As expected, the drive must be a physical (local) drive
>
>
> > As a second experiment, I copied the FDB file to another PC which has
> the FB server running on it and I could connect nicely by prefacing the
> file with the IP address of the remote PC.
>
> As expected, FB is a client/server database, a cliente will connect to a
> server on a remote machine
>
>
> >
> > So I gather that the FDB file must be on a machine where FB server is
> running.
>
> yes
>
>
> > But this confuses me a bit because my mapped Z drive was logically part
> of my PC.
>
> It must be a local physical drive, mapped drive would no work. (on POSIX
> systems you could use a network share, but it's not recomended)
>
>
> > What would happen if I had a local hard drive partitioned into C and D,
> and I put the FDB file on the D drive.
>
> It will work
>
>
> > Thanks in advance for any light you might shed.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Harry
> >
>
> see you !
>
>
>

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