tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38385155.post1559550245346501718..comments2024-01-10T18:29:36.419+08:00Comments on Chau Chee Yang Technical Blog: Firebird: Deal with Unavailable DatabaseChau Chee Yanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11816699461509455308noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38385155.post-83069584067283397372010-10-16T01:17:39.414+08:002010-10-16T01:17:39.414+08:00Hello,
I have a question for the webmaster/admi...Hello,<br /> <br /> I have a question for the webmaster/admin here at chee-yang.blogspot.com.<br /><br />May I use some of the information from this blog post above if I provide a link back to your site?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />AlexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38385155.post-91615624808750733702009-07-24T13:44:20.726+08:002009-07-24T13:44:20.726+08:00as a workaround on Vista, create a database alias ...as a workaround on Vista, create a database alias and connect through that.<br />Works even when creating a database.<br />So rather than use <b>create database 'c:\test.fdb' user 'sysdba' password 'masterkey'</b>, create an alias in aliases.conf to <b>test=c:\test.fdb</b> and then create the database using <b>create database 'localhost:test' user 'sysdba' password 'masterkey'</b>.<br />It sounds counterintuitive to creat an alias to a non-existent database in order to be able to create it, but it works (at least in FB2, haven't tried with 1.5).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com