My newly added alias does not work?

If you are connecting to an existing database, there are some rare cases when you need to restart the Firebird server in order to reload the aliases file. We don't know in what exact configuration is happens, but some users have reported it (if you do know, please let us know).

If you are trying to create a new database, please read FAQ #240.

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