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"Russell Weetch" <russell@smxi.com.remove> wrote:

> I have been having some problems on my new XP Pro box. I have installed 
> interbase client and server (v6.0.2), but I keep losing both - ie I can't 
> connect to either my localhost server or a remote server using IB Console.


Check and make sure that you have one and only one version of gds.dll
on the search path of your machine. Check also that it matches the
version of the server(s) to which you are trying to connect. Have you
tried to diagnose the connection with IBConsole?

> Anyway, has anyone got any ideas?


Uninstall, not forgetting to manually delete registry keys for both
Interbase and IBConsole. Check to see that gds32.dll has gone from the
machine completely - do a full search. Reboot, double check to see
that everything has really and truly been removed from the machine.
Reboot. Reinstall Interbase using the defaults for *_everything_*.

Get latest IBConsole from codecentral and run that.


That's about all I can think of at the moment. I have to warn you
though, I did come across a similar problem at an IB install that I
did once. Just couldn't get one client machine (the boss's) to connect
using IBConsole. Eventually had to tell him that for security reasons
he had to do any IBConsole stuff at the server itself.



Paul...


> Russell 
 

-- 

plinehan __at__ yahoo __dot__ __com__

XP Pro, SP 2, 

Oracle, 9.2.0.1.0 (Enterprise Ed.)
Interbase 6.0.1.0;

When asking database related questions, please give other posters 
some clues, like operating system, version of db being used and DDL.
The exact text and/or number of error messages is useful (!= "it didn't work!").
Thanks.
 
Furthermore, as a courtesy to those who spend 
time analysing and attempting to help, please 
do not top post.

Another user posted the following solution. 

-- 
Bill Todd (TeamB)

Problem solved !

Registry key type changed from REG_EXPAND_SZ to REG_SZ

Key in question

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\D
ataBasePath

in regedit

rename the old DataBasePath key DataBasePath_old and create a new key
"Expandable String Value"
and name it DataBasePath. Copy value from old key.

close regedit

Reboot computer

Thanks Paul.

tried this, no joy - but Bill's response did the trick.

btw, liked the "security reason", I've made a note for later use :-)

Russell


"Paul" <paul@see.my.sig.com> wrote in message 
news:uvaak1lcsobuciehmg24duc18v62ga2bni@4ax.com...
>
>
> "Russell Weetch" <russell@smxi.com.remove> wrote:
>
>> I have been having some problems on my new XP Pro box. I have installed
>> interbase client and server (v6.0.2), but I keep losing both - ie I can't
>> connect to either my localhost server or a remote server using IB 
>> Console.
>
>
> Check and make sure that you have one and only one version of gds.dll
> on the search path of your machine. Check also that it matches the
> version of the server(s) to which you are trying to connect. Have you
> tried to diagnose the connection with IBConsole?
>
>> Anyway, has anyone got any ideas?
>
>
> Uninstall, not forgetting to manually delete registry keys for both
> Interbase and IBConsole. Check to see that gds32.dll has gone from the
> machine completely - do a full search. Reboot, double check to see
> that everything has really and truly been removed from the machine.
> Reboot. Reinstall Interbase using the defaults for *_everything_*.
>
> Get latest IBConsole from codecentral and run that.
>
>
> That's about all I can think of at the moment. I have to warn you
> though, I did come across a similar problem at an IB install that I
> did once. Just couldn't get one client machine (the boss's) to connect
> using IBConsole. Eventually had to tell him that for security reasons
> he had to do any IBConsole stuff at the server itself.
>
>
>
> Paul...
>
>
>> Russell
>
>
> -- 
>
> plinehan __at__ yahoo __dot__ __com__
>
> XP Pro, SP 2,
>
> Oracle, 9.2.0.1.0 (Enterprise Ed.)
> Interbase 6.0.1.0;
>
> When asking database related questions, please give other posters
> some clues, like operating system, version of db being used and DDL.
> The exact text and/or number of error messages is useful (!= "it didn't 
> work!").
> Thanks.
>
> Furthermore, as a courtesy to those who spend
> time analysing and attempting to help, please
> do not top post. 

Bill

bloody magic!

thanks!

Russell

"Bill Todd" <no@no.com> wrote in message 
news:4345377d$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> Another user posted the following solution.
>
> -- 
> Bill Todd (TeamB)
>
> Problem solved !
>
> Registry key type changed from REG_EXPAND_SZ to REG_SZ
>
> Key in question
>
> \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\D
> ataBasePath
>
> in regedit
>
> rename the old DataBasePath key DataBasePath_old and create a new key
> "Expandable String Value"
> and name it DataBasePath. Copy value from old key.
>
> close regedit
>
> Reboot computer