tags:

views:

27

answers:

0
Q: 

How do I configure Firebird (2.5) to allow opening of a database on a removable (USB) drive?

When an application (Morfik FX 3 Beta) tries to open a database on a USB drive it fails with a FireBird error "Unable to open database". Move the project (and database files) to a fixed (non-USB) drive and it opens successfully.

I have upgraded the FireBird installation provided with the Morfik Beta (FireBird 2.1) to the 2.5 RC2 release and I have set the RemoteFileOpenAbility setting in the firebird.conf file to "1" which I thought was recently extended to allow this capability (in addition to allowing use of database files on network shares).

Is there something else I have missed? I can't believe FireBird is incapable of using database files held on USB drives.

related questions

How do I generate ids with NHibernate and Firebird?
Is it possible to create databases programmatically using DBX?
Ordering SQL query by specific field values
FireBird install using InstallShield
String truncation error in Delphi DBExpress/Firebird paramatised queries
How do I setup NHibernate with Visual Studio and Firebird??
Combining UNION ALL and ORDER BY in Firebird
Conflicting CASCADE and RESTRICT foreign key requirements?
What is the correct/ fastest way to update/insert a record in sql (Firebird/MySql)
Database (and ORM) choice for an small-medium size .NET Application
Delphi 2009 and Firebird 2.1 = Full Unicode?
Article on using Firebird.NET in a WinForms application
How much compatibility do the DB engines have at the SQL level?
Firebird stored procedure solution
Using CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, arithmetic operator and parameter with Firebird
Firebird 1.5.3: How to add FK with connected users to the DB?
In Installshield, what is the best event to use to launch applications only on install, not on uninstall or repair?
How to test for object existence in Firebird SQL?
SQLite / Firebird embedded for numeric data
What do I need to start using Embedded Firebird with Delphi?
ID-ing Deadlocks in a Thread using Firebird
Firebird database replication
What are the advantages of VistaDB
Generate Insert SQL statements from a csv file
Firebird's SQL's Substring function not working