Hi Ryan

I believe it's a function of firebird rather than Ibobjects.

sorry to go back to roots but

ensure you have updated you aliases.conf file and restarted the firebird
server

below is a code sample I use to connect to the db, hopefully you can glean
something from this.

IB_Connection1.ForceDisconnect;
Database := IB_Stores.FieldByName('IP_ADDR').AsString;
Database := Database + ':odin';
IB_Connection1.Database := Database;
IB_Connection1.Connect;


odin is my alias, Ip_addr is the ip address of the particular server.

Hope this helps

Rgds

Peter

----- Original Message -----
From: "sllimr7139" <rmcontrols@...>
To: <IBObjects@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [IBO] FB 1.5 Database Alias with IBObjects


> Thanks for that Peter,
>
> I believe I have tried that, but the error message I was getting back
> was like "the database name must not be empty" or something similar.
>
> I'm kinda wondering if my subscription to IBObjects must be renewed
> quicker than I was expecting. Anyone know when the alias support went
> in to the component set?
>
> Ryan
>
> --- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, <peter@c...> wrote:
> > Hi Ryan
> >
> > Just replace the database name with the alias
> >
> > eg
> > myserver:alias
> >
> > Rgds
> >
> > Peter
> >
>
>
>
>
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