At 08:05 a.m. 8/04/2015, [email protected] [firebird-support] wrote:

>Does FB2.1 run on windows 8 ...
>
>I installed the last 2.1 version o a windows 8 tablet (8.1)
>
>In trying to connect to my database with SQL Manager
>
>I get Connection failed Server is stopped or unproper client library is used 
>to establish connection to the server

OK, here is where to start.

SQL Manager is expecting to connect using the 32-bit client or the 64-bit 
client.  Is SQL Manager a 32-bit or a 64-bit application?  Either it is 32-bit 
and can find only the 64-bit client -- OR -- it is 64-bit and can only find the 
32-bit client.

The client is called fbclient.dll. So - if you installed the 32-bit server, the 
32-bit client will be in the \bin directory of your Firebird installation.  If 
you installed the 64-bit server then the fbclient.dll in the \bin subdir will 
be the 64-bit version.  In that case, you will find the 32-bit client in the 
\WOW64 subdir, where SQL Manager cannot find it.  If SQL Manager is 32-bit then 
you will need to copy the 32-bit client to somewhere SQL Manager can find it.  
The obvious place will be in the same directory as the SQL Manager executable.

>I have done the install a number of times with no luck

Have you tried connecting to a database using isql.exe, that is in Firebird's 
\bin directory?  


Helen Borrie, Support Consultant, IBPhoenix (Pacific)
Author of "The Firebird Book" and "The Firebird Book Second Edition"
http://www.firebird-books.net
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