- •Firebird 2 Migration & Installation
- •Table of Contents
- •Known Compatibility Issues
- •Two Changes to Note in V.2.1
- •The FIREBIRD Variable
- •Security in Firebird 2 (All Platforms)
- •Trusted Authentication on Windows
- •SQL Migration Issues
- •Changed Ambiguity Rules in SQL
- •Multiple Hits to Same Column Now Illegal
- •Query Plans
- •PSQL
- •Configuration Parameters
- •Command-line Tools
- •Change to gbak -R Semantics
- •Performance
- •Firebird API
- •Windows-Specific Issues
- •Windows Local Connection Protocol with XNet
- •Client Impersonation No Longer Works
- •Interactive Option Added to instsvc.exe
- •INSTALLATION NOTES
- •Choosing a Server Model
- •Database Compatibility Among Models
- •Full Servers
- •Embedded
- •Windows Installs
- •Choosing an Installation Method
- •READ THIS FIRST!
- •Naming databases on Windows
- •Other Pre-installation Issues
- •Installation of Microsoft system libraries
- •Zip kit install
- •Running Firebird as a service with a special user name
- •Installing Multiple Servers
- •Installing under 64-bit versions of Windows
- •Installation of fbclient.dll
- •Registry Key
- •Supporting legacy applications and drivers
- •InstClient.exe Tool
- •Cleaning up release candidate installs
- •Using the Win32 Firebird Installer
- •Uninstallation
- •Installing Superserver from a zip kit
- •Installing Classic Server from a zip kit
- •Simplified setup
- •Uninstallation
- •Other Win32 Issues
- •Updated Notes for Windows Embedded
- •Registry
- •Database Access
- •Authentication and Security
- •Compatibility
- •Installing an Embedded Server Application
- •Installation Structure Examples
- •POSIX Platforms
- •READ THIS FIRST
- •Setting Linux to Use the Old Threading Model
- •Installing on Linux
- •RPM Installer
- •Installing the Tarball
- •Testing your Linux installation
- •Step 1 - Accessing a database
- •Step 2 - Creating a database
- •Utility Scripts
- •Linux Server Tips
- •"Embedded" or direct access to database files
- •Uninstalling on Linux
- •Uninstalling an RPM package
- •Uninstalling a tarball installation
- •Solaris
- •MacOS X
- •FreeBSD
- •Debian
INSTALLATION NOTES
Start your application
Now start your application and it will use the embedded server as a both a client library and a server and will be able to access local datasases via the XNET network emulation protocol.
Installation Structure Examples
c:\my_app\app.exe c:\my_app\gds32.dll c:\my_app\ib_util.dll c:\my_app\icudt30.dll c:\my_app\icuin30.dll c:\my_app\icuuc30.dll c:\my_app\firebird.conf c:\my_app\firebird.msg c:\my_app\intl\fbintl.dll c:\my_app\intl\fbintl.conf c:\my_app\udf\fbudf.dll
Suppose you want to place the Firebird files (excluding the renamed fbembed.dll) in another directory. In that case, you need to modify your firebird.conf and set RootDirectory to the Firebird directory tree that is parent to the Firebird files.
Example
c:\my_app\app.exe c:\my_app\gds32.dll c:\my_app\ib_util.dll c:\my_app\icudt30.dll c:\my_app\icuin30.dll c:\my_app\icuuc30.dll c:\my_app\firebird.conf d:\fb\firebird.msg d:\fb\intl\fbintl.dll d:\fb\intl\fbintl.conf d:\fb\udf\fbudf.dll
In firebird.conf:
RootDirectory = d:\fb
POSIX Platforms
(Originally by Mark O'Donohue, revised for 2.0)
The Firebird server comes in two forms, Classic, which runs as a service, and SuperServer, which runs as a background daemon. Classic is the more traditional UNIX service, while Superserver uses threads, rather than processes. For the user just starting out with Firebird, either will do, although the Classic server is likely to prove a better platform for initially experimenting with Firebird.
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