Hello, Walter! Thursday, May 30, 2013, 3:20:13 PM, you wrote:
W> I had to use a Windows 7 machine as Firebird server...after W> updating firewall rules everything is ok, but Firebird seems to ignore the aliases.conf W> file...I place the fdb file in a shared folder, with full access W> granted to everyone, and create the alias. why, why, why?!?!? :-) Firebird isn't a file server, it's a client-server technology. Nobody needs to have shared access to database file to access data. Only Firebird needs access to it. So, no shared folders, files, etc. W> I can access the database locally providing W> the full path, by if I try to use the alias I got this error: W> Unsuccessful execution caused by a system error that precludes W> successful execution of subsequent statements. W> I/O error during "CreateFile (open)" operation for file "XFILES". W> Error while trying to open file. sure, this is CORRECT. And, you did wrong adding shared folder to aliases.conf. -- Dmitry Kuzmenko, www.ib-aid.com
