On 17-5-2016 16:43, robert rottermann robert@...
[firebird-support] wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I try to access a firebird db on windows from my ubuntu box.
> I have a gui-tool (FlameRobin), from which this works nicely. Therefore
> it is not a firewall or access problem.
>
> Now I would like to do it using python and sqlalchemy.
> So far I failed..
>
> This is the connection string I use:
> engine =
> sa.create_engine('firebird+fdb://SYSDBA:thekey@10.42.1.150:3050///c:\\Users\\elvis\\Documents\\VAS.fdb')
>
> I tried many combinations of the part after the port.

I think you have too many `/` after the port number. Try

sa.create_engine('firebird+fdb://SYSDBA:thekey@10.42.1.150:3050/c:\\Users\\elvis\\Documents\\VAS.fdb')

It would also be very helpful to post the error message you get when
doing this.

Mark
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Mark Rotteveel