I get "database is unavailable" when using with web servers. Why?

Easysoft ODBC-InterBase Driver

I get "database is unavailable" when using with web servers. Why?

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Last Reviewed :	19th July 2005
Revision :	1

While you may have a perfectly good DSN connection setup to a database, the above error may occur when attempting to connect using a web server.

This is probably due to permissions on the database file. When you are connecting directly, the connection is done as the user connecting, with corresponding permissions. However the web server may well be running as a different user with severely restricted permissions.

The solution is to change the database entry in the DSN to specify a remote connection, as detailed in (How do I connect to a remote server?) above. This will cause the connection to the database to be done as the user that the IB server is running as, who will have the required permissions.

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Easysoft ODBC-InterBase Driver

I get "database is unavailable" when using with web servers. Why?

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