On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 10:33 PM, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk [firebird-support] <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> > > On 14/09/14 13:20, Mark Rotteveel m...@lawinegevaar.nl > [firebird-support] wrote: > > On 14-9-2014 14:11, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk [firebird-support] > > wrote: > >> On 14/09/14 12:46, Adam adam...@gmail.com [firebird-support] wrote: > >>> Engine Code :335544721 > >>> Engine Message: > >>> Unable to complete network request to host "localhost" > >>> Failed to establish connection. > >>> > >>> So yes FlameRobin provides more information but still I cannot > >>> understand why.... > >> > >> This means that your machine does not have the network configured > >> properly. Quite a common problem with windows these days. > > > > A common problem? I don't actually think so. The question you link to > > below is also not very informative; and that is problem is probably more > > related to the fact that by default localhost resolves to ::1 (IPv6) > > instead of 127.0.0.1 (IPv4). > > That 'localhost' has been a recurring problem in the past is a simple > fact. I've got notes on this list from many years back about trying the > machines IP address rather than localhost when there are windows > connection problems. > > > > SO the next > >> question is ... is this machine actually on a network? If so > >> > http://superuser.com/questions/713491/why-does-localhost-not-work-in-windows-8-1-but-127-0-0-1-does > >> may help ... > > > > The original question is about use of embedded. The fact that it is > > attempting to connect through localhost means that a hostname > > (localhost) is included in the connection string, which results in > > fbembed.dll acting as a normal fbclient, instead of using its internal > > server to access the database. > > > > The real question is if this happens because the application itself > > specifies the hostname, or because the connection component > > automatically adds localhost if no hostname is specified. > > Adam had switched to Flamerobin and it was this which gave the more > useful error report. Flamerobin certainly defaults to using localhost so > the alternative track IS the alternate ways of accessing 'embedded', and > I thought Flamerobin tested them - but obviously I'm mistaken? I did > think localhost would access a local embedded client? But it has been > some considerable time since I actually used it. > So am I right in my understanding here then that FlameRobin will not work with the FireBird embeded server and if this is correct then can I run the embeded server hile the full server is running as a background process?
