| Subject | RE: [firebird-support] Database Unavailable |
|---|---|
| Author | Leyne, Sean |
| Post date | 2016-05-11T21:22:04Z |
Bill,
Firebird only support local connections. It does not support remote access to shared files.
You would need to have the Firebird Server installed/configured on the computer where the database file resides.
On the other computer, you would install the Firebird Client and then connect to the remote database using {Hostname or IP}:{Database Path/File name} -- where {Hostname or IP} are the details for the hosting computer and the {Database Path/File name} refers to the location of the database on the hosting computer.
Sean
> Used IB 10 years ago. Porting an SQL Anywhere app to FB 2.5. Going wellYour post suggests that you are trying to connect to a database file on one computer from a server running on another. If so, you can't do that.
> until I try to connect a client to the database - "database unavailable." I have
> shared the DB folder on my Windows 7 machine, can browse to it from a
> client machine (Win 10) and see Full Control permissions. I have disabled my
> Trend AV on the Win7 server as well as put incoming and outgoing rules in
> the firewall for FBserver.exe.
Firebird only support local connections. It does not support remote access to shared files.
You would need to have the Firebird Server installed/configured on the computer where the database file resides.
On the other computer, you would install the Firebird Client and then connect to the remote database using {Hostname or IP}:{Database Path/File name} -- where {Hostname or IP} are the details for the hosting computer and the {Database Path/File name} refers to the location of the database on the hosting computer.
Sean