Firebird 2 Quick Start Guide
IBPhoenix Editors
Firebird Project members
8 April 2008, document version 3.7 — covers Firebird 2.0–2.0.4 and 2.1
Table of Contents |
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About this guide .................................................................................................................................... |
3 |
What is in the kit? ................................................................................................................................. |
3 |
Classic or Superserver? .......................................................................................................................... |
3 |
Embedded Server for Windows ...................................................................................................... |
4 |
Default disk locations ............................................................................................................................. |
5 |
Linux ............................................................................................................................................. |
5 |
Windows ....................................................................................................................................... |
6 |
Installing Firebird ................................................................................................................................... |
7 |
Installing the Firebird server ........................................................................................................... |
7 |
Installing multiple servers ............................................................................................................... |
9 |
Testing your installation ................................................................................................................. |
9 |
Performing a client-only install ..................................................................................................... |
12 |
Server configuration and management ................................................................................................... |
13 |
User management: gsec ................................................................................................................ |
13 |
Security ....................................................................................................................................... |
15 |
Windows Control Panel applets .................................................................................................... |
16 |
Administration tools ..................................................................................................................... |
18 |
Working with databases ........................................................................................................................ |
18 |
Connection strings ........................................................................................................................ |
18 |
Connecting to an existing database ................................................................................................ |
20 |
Creating a database using isql ....................................................................................................... |
21 |
Firebird SQL ................................................................................................................................ |
22 |
Preventing data loss ............................................................................................................................. |
26 |
Backup ........................................................................................................................................ |
26 |
How to corrupt a database ............................................................................................................ |
27 |
How to get help ................................................................................................................................... |
29 |
The Firebird Project ............................................................................................................................. |
29 |
Appendix A: Document History ............................................................................................................ |
31 |
Appendix B: License notice .................................................................................................................. |
34 |
Alphabetical index ............................................................................................................................... |
35 |
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