Hello,

i cannot connect to a remote (Windows) located firebird 2.5 database anymore
this problem is new and worked many years.

if i try:

c:\>isql [ip-address]:db-alias     or
c:\>isql [ip-address]/3050:db-alias

 

i get the error:

Statement failed, SQLSTATE = 08001
I/O error during "CreateFile (open)" operation for file "rdatabase"
-Error while trying to open file
-Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden.
Use CONNECT or CREATE DATABASE to specify a database

 

if i try

c:\>isql db-alias

on the remote servers console
i get the same error

 

next test: copy-past the full-path from the aliases.conf to the console. This file exists (dir)
and isql [pasted] works well too.

if have set isc_user/password to sysdba/masterkey and added the servers bin dir to the path environment.

 

Why doesn't this work anymore?
Please help!

 

---------------c:\firebird\aliases.conf of the remote firebird server -----------------------
# 
# List of known database aliases 
# ------------------------------ 
# 
# Examples: 
# 
#   dummy = c:\data\dummy.fdb 
#  
rdatabase = c:\data\rdatabase.fdb
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