Thanks Pavel I fixed the localhost issue, and theni have re-installed firebird and this has now worked, thanks for this
Philip On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 9:37 AM Pavel Cisar pci...@ibphoenix.cz [firebird-python] <firebird-python@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > FDB uses ctypes.find_library() to locate the client library, see > https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/ctypes.html for details how this > works. If Firebird (or at least the Firebird client) is installed > normally on your local computer, then fbclient.dll should be located > just fine. > > Alternatively you can pass client library spec to fdb.connect(), or use > fdb.load_api() before any call that uses FDB (typically connect) that > allows you to specify the client library location. See > https://fdb.readthedocs.io/en/v2.0/reference.html#fdb.load_api > > BTW, "host" is the specification of server machine (typically tcp/ip > address), so host='C://' does not makes sense. > > best regards > Pavel Cisar > IBPhoenix > > Dne 26.8.2018 v 11:14 Philip Godkin philip.god...@gmail.com > [firebird-python] napsal(a): > > Windows Server 2012 > > Firebird 2.5 > > Python3.6.5 > > > > Hope someone can help, I can am trying to connect to a database on my > > server i keep getting this message, i have checked windows/system32 and > > windows/sysWOW64 and both have the fbclient.dll file, this file is also > in > > the bin of the Firebird. I am running this code on the server as well > > > > code > > import fdb > > > > con = fdb.connect( > > host='C://', database='C://ITServer//dbname.FDB', > > user='sysdba', password='masterkey',charset = 'none') > > > > cur = con.cursor() > > > > cur.excute("select * from ADDRESSCOUNTIES") > > print(cur.fetchone) > > > > > > Result > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Python\Firebird\Test.py", line 6, in > > <module> > > user='sysdba', password='masterkey',charset = 'none') > > File > > > "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\fdb\fbcore.py", > > line 784, in connect > > load_api(fb_library_name) > > File > > > "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\fdb\fbcore.py", > > line 220, in load_api > > setattr(sys.modules[__name__], 'api', > > ibase.fbclient_API(fb_library_name)) > > File > > > "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\fdb\ibase.py", > > line 1386, in __init__ > > raise Exception("The location of Firebird Client Library could not be > > determined.") > > Exception: The location of Firebird Client Library could not be > determined. > > > > > > > > thanks in advance > > > > -- Regards Philip Godkin