Hi, When I connect under my IDE RAD using FireDAC driver the syntax "compaq-proliant:c\DATA\MyData.fdb" works
Only in FlameRobin it does not work. *Kind Regards* *Alain Bastien* *34 Dr Ross AvenueRose Hill 72102MauritiusMobile Tel: +230 5 719 30 30* *Skype:alainbastien* *Viber: 7320143* On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 12:30 AM, Helen Borrie [email protected] [firebird-support] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello Alain, > > Thursday, September 1, 2016, 8:20:37 PM, you wrote: > > for a local access with FlameRobin what is the syntax to connect to a > LOCAL server > > > I can't get the right syntax under Windows !! > > I can PING, I can browse shared folders but can't connect to the > firebird database > > > the machine Server name is "compaq-proliant" > > OS is WIndows Server 2003 IP 192.168.1.125 > > > My Client PC is Windows Vista 192.168.1.10 > > I type compaq-proliant:C:\DATA\MyDATA.fdb > > > All are connectted on a Router > > This configuration is NOT "local". It is client/server. "Local" means > server and client running on the same box. > > 1. You need a full Firebird server installed and running on > compaq-proliant. Look at the property sheet for the Firebird service > and tell us what version and model of Firebird server you have on that > machine. (V. 2.0, 2.1, 2.5, 3.0; model Classic, Superserver, > Superclassic). (Copy the line labelled "Path to executable"). > > 2. Flamerobin and the matching client library (fbclient.dll) should > be together on the remote client (the Vista box). > > 3. Show the full connection parameters you are supplying to Flamerobin > (tcp/ip connection path, user name, password...well, don't tell us the > password, just put a placeholder there.) > > 4. Write down any error messages that appear in Flamerobin when you > fail to connect. > > 5. Look at firebird.log in Notepad and copy out anything near the > bottom that looks like an error. > > 6. And, as others suggested, check that port 3050 *on the server* is > not firewalled. > > Helen > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
