Update
I've found two ways to open a copy of Employee.Gdb in a folder with a 160-character name ('abcdefghij0123456789' x 8).
What I did firstly was to edit the DBXConnections.Ini file and changed the Database parameter in the [IBConnection] section to read
Database=localhost:D:\abcdefghij01234567890abcdefghij01234567890abcdefghij01234567890abcdefghij01234567890abcdefghij01234567890abcdefghij01234567890abcdefghij01234567890abcdefghij01234567890\employee.gdb
Then, I can successfully connect to it, open the Employee.Gdb and make changes to the Customer table. I have verified the changes in IBConsole just in case the copy of Employee.Gdb wasn't the one I assumed it was.
Subsequently, I've found that I can create and open the db in code using Delphi Seattle and Interbase XE7, as follows:
function LongPath : String;
begin
Result := 'D:\' + DupeString('abcdefghij0123456789', 8);
end;
function LongDBName : String;
begin
Result := LongPath + '\Employee.Gdb';
end;
procedure TForm1.OpenDB;
var
Ini : TMemIniFile;
const
scDBXConIni = 'C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\dbExpress\17.0\dbxconnections.ini';
scSourceDB = 'D:\Delphi\Databases\Interbase\Employee.Gdb';
begin
Ini := TMemIniFile.Create(scDBXConIni);
try
// First, blank out the Database value in the IBConnection section
// of DBXConnections.Ini
Ini.WriteString('IBConnection', 'Database', '');
Ini.UpdateFile;
// Next, create the long-named directory and copy Employee.Gdb to it
if not DirectoryExists(LongPath) then
MkDir(LongPath);
Assert(CopyFile(PChar(scSourceDB), PChar(LongDBName), False));
// Set LoadParamsOnConnect to False so that the SqlConnection uses
// the value of the Database we are about to give it
SqlConnection1.LoadParamsOnConnect := False;
SqlConnection1.Params.Values['Database'] := LongDBName;
SqlConnection1.Connected := True;
// Open the CDS to view the data
CDS1.Open;
finally
Ini.Free;
end;
end;
The critical step in doing it this way is setting LoadParamsOnConnect to False, which I confess I'd overlooked in earlier attempts to get this code to work.
I've got some earlier versions of Delphi on this machine, so if you're not using Seattle and the above code doesn't work for you, tell me which one you are using and I'll see if I can try that.
**[Original answer]
Actually, I think that this may be an error occurring in one of the DBX DLLs.
I created a folder with a 160-character name, then copied the demo Employee.Gdb database into it. Interbase XE7's IBConsole can open the db without error. So could a small test project contructed with IBX components in Delphi Seattle.
However, with an equivalent DBX project, when I use the code below
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
SqlConnection1.Params.Values['database'] := 'D:\abcdefghij01234567890abcdefghij01234567890abcdefghij01234567890abcdefghij01234567890abcdefghij01234567890abcdefghij01234567890abcdefghij01234567890abcdefghij01234567890\employee.gdb';
SqlConnection1.Connected := True;
end;
I get an error in
procedure TDBXDynalinkConnection.DerivedOpen;
var
Count: TInt32;
Names: TWideStringArray;
Values: TWideStringArray;
IsolationLevel: Longint;
DBXError: TDBXErrorCode;
begin
Count := FConnectionProperties.Properties.Count;
FConnectionProperties.GetLists(Names, Values);
CheckResult(FMethodTable.FDBXConnection_Connect(FConnectionHandle, Count, Names, Values));
DBXError := FMethodTable.FDBXConnection_GetIsolation(FConnectionHandle, IsolationLevel);
'I/O error for file "database.gdb"
Error while trying to open file
The operation completed successfully'
and the Database param of the SqlConnection is left at the value 'Database.Gdb', which is not the value I specified, of course, nor was it the value specified in the params in the IDE, which was 'd:\delphi\databases\interbase\employee.gdb'.
I wondered if I could work around this problem by SUBSTing a drive to the 'abcdefg ...' path. I tried that and opening the database as "x:\employee.gdb" , but I get the same error in my DBX app, and also IBConsole cannot access the db either.
I think you need a shorter physical path!**
