Are you sure it isnt a network dns problem? Try connecting with an IP
address or ping with server name and see what happens.
Just a thought
Regards
paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:IBObjects@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of paultugwell
> Sent: 08 January 2008 09:07
> To: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [IBO] Application does not connect
>
> --- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@...> wrote:
> >
> > At 11:51 PM 7/01/2008, you wrote:
> > >--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> At 03:55 AM 5/01/2008, you wrote:
> > >> >I am using IBODatabase to make a connection to a database over
> a
> > >VPN.
> > >> >This has generally been sucessful although the connection takes
> up
> > >to
> > >> >90 seconds to become established, but on one site I have
> recently
> > >> >encountered a problem. Sometimes, usually in the moring when
> the
> > >user
> > >> >tries to connect for the first time, the application does not
> make a
> > >> >connection and hangs.
> > >>
> > >> What OS is the server running on? what is the name of the
> database
> > >file?
> > >>
> > >> Helen
> > >>
> > >
> > >Windows 2003. system.gdb. The PC is XP SP2.
> >
> > OK...".gdb" is certainly a problem on an XP server but I don't
> *think* there's the same problem on Server2003.
> >
> > When you say "the user", do you mean "the first user to log in for
> the day", or what? When this kind of thing happens at the
> start of play, it's usually that the server hasn't gotten
> around to starting the Firebird service yet.
> >
> > A 90-second startup isn't very nice, although perhaps expected with
> IBO if you have a lot of metadata and you're opening all your
> datasets on Show. If you're doing that, you might like to
> rethink it a bit - it's not appropriate for client/server
> unless the app is local.
> >
> > What connection protocol are you using?
> >
> > Helen
> >
>
> I am using TCP/IP. The server is always on, and this
> particular user is not always the first one to log on. I have
> had an example of him having this problem mid or late morning
> when other people have certainly logged on before him. When
> the uses connects to the server, the only process that takes
> place is the establishment of the connection using
> TIBODatabase and a TIBOQuery that returns a single record.
> Data is only called from the server as and when required.
> What is concerning me is why the application hangs and what I
> can do to cause the applciation to terminate rather than hang
> if the establishment of the connection fails. The code to
> establish the connection is in a try/except/end construct, so
> if the connection fails, the except routine, which displays
> an error message, should operate. I know this routine works
> because an error message appears if I deliberately create an
> error e.g. if I stop FB on the server.
>
>
>
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