Hi Helen
Being a novice I did not make the connection of my problem with the underlying transport layer.
I was stuck thinking there was some crazy issue with the E: drive!
Many thanks

 

Tony Christiansen wrote:

> I am running an app on my PC that connects to a database on my firebird
> server FIREBIRDSERVER

> The path is \\FIREBIRDSERVER\E:\DB.FDB

> If my pc has an E: drive (ie I plug in a usb) I can connect to the database.

> If my pc has no E: drive then I cannot connect to the database and get
> the error - unable to complete network request to host "e"

> Why does it matter what physical drives I have on my local machine? Is
> this a quirk or design (I am no DBA expert)

For a remote connection, it is irrelevant what physical drives are on
the client machine - unless, of course, the client application is
running from the host server itself. There are two ways to make a
"remote" connection in this environment: through the local TCP/IP
loopback (localhost, IP address 127.0.0.1) or through the XNET
server. But, if I read you right, you are trying to connect to a
server from an application running on a PC that is physically remote
from FIREBIRDSERVER.
.....