Hi,

When I connect under my IDE RAD using FireDAC driver the syntax
"compaq-proliant:c\DATA\MyData.fdb" works


Only in FlameRobin it does not work.




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*Alain Bastien*



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On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 12:30 AM, Helen Borrie helebor@...
[firebird-support] <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hello Alain,
>
> Thursday, September 1, 2016, 8:20:37 PM, you wrote:
> > for a local access with FlameRobin what is the syntax to connect to a
> LOCAL server
>
> > I can't get the right syntax under Windows !!
> > I can PING, I can browse shared folders but can't connect to the
> firebird database
>
> > the machine Server name is "compaq-proliant"
> > OS is WIndows Server 2003 IP 192.168.1.125
>
> > My Client PC is Windows Vista 192.168.1.10
> > I type compaq-proliant:C:\DATA\MyDATA.fdb
>
> > All are connectted on a Router
>
> This configuration is NOT "local". It is client/server. "Local" means
> server and client running on the same box.
>
> 1. You need a full Firebird server installed and running on
> compaq-proliant. Look at the property sheet for the Firebird service
> and tell us what version and model of Firebird server you have on that
> machine. (V. 2.0, 2.1, 2.5, 3.0; model Classic, Superserver,
> Superclassic). (Copy the line labelled "Path to executable").
>
> 2. Flamerobin and the matching client library (fbclient.dll) should
> be together on the remote client (the Vista box).
>
> 3. Show the full connection parameters you are supplying to Flamerobin
> (tcp/ip connection path, user name, password...well, don't tell us the
> password, just put a placeholder there.)
>
> 4. Write down any error messages that appear in Flamerobin when you
> fail to connect.
>
> 5. Look at firebird.log in Notepad and copy out anything near the
> bottom that looks like an error.
>
> 6. And, as others suggested, check that port 3050 *on the server* is
> not firewalled.
>
> Helen
>
>
>

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