You're not switching between 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Firebird are you?
I'm not sure exactly when the change occurred but I remember similar issues trying to open a 32 bit generated database with a 64 bit version of Firebird or vice versa. It's definitely okay with v2.5 but not sure about v2.1 as it's been some time since I use v2.1 for anything. When you open it successfully on another computer, is it the same bitness of Firebird, 32 bit or 64 bit? Cheers, Neil Pickles From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com [mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] Sent: 20 February 2018 14:05 To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com Subject: [firebird-support] Re: Cannot open database file in local hard disk Just a little correction to my message. Where I wrote firebird.conf, I should have written aliases.conf. -------- Mensaje original -------- Asunto: Cannot open database file in local hard disk De: Eduardo <guse...@gmail.com> <mailto:guse...@gmail.com> A: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com Fecha: 20/02/2018 10:57 Hello: I use Firebird 2.1 and in some computers I cannot open a database file which is in the local hard disk. For example, let's suppose I have the database C:\Test\MYDATABASE.FDB and I try to open it with IB_SQL (from IBObjects). If I use C:\Test\MYDATABASE.FDB I get "unavailable database". If I use SERVERNAME:C:\Test\MYDATABASE.FDB I get "unavailable database". If I use \\SERVERNAME\C:\Test\MYDATABASE.FDB <file:///\\SERVERNAME\C:\Test\MYDATABASE.FDB> I get "unavailable database". If I modify firebird.conf creating the alias MYDATABASE=C:\Test\MYDATABASE.FDB, then using MYDATABASE I can open the database. In almost every computer with any Windows version (XP, 7, 10, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016) I can open the database using every one of the four methods, but in some computers the first three methods return "unavailable database" and I can open the database only using an alias. Now I am having the problem in a computer with Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard with Service Pack 1, but I remember having this problem in other computers from time to time. Any ideas of which may be the reason? ... and the solution? Thanks in advance. Regards Eduardo <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_ca mpaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> Libre de virus. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_ca mpaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient>
