Subject Re: Using FB on Macintosh
Author Maurice Ling
Hi,

I managed to get isql working by "./isql". Then at isql>, i typed
"connect <path to my database>". it gave me a con> promt. how do i get
connected and start using the database, IB6 operations guide did not
offer help here....

maurice

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, John Bellardo <bellardo@c...>
wrote:
> You need to provide the full path to the tools. For example:
> /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Resources/bin/isql OR you can
> add the path to your shell:
> set path = ( $path
> /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Resources/bin )
>
> -John
>
> On Nov 9, 2003, at 3:25 PM, Maurice Ling wrote:
>
> > Yes, I have the tools, isql, gsec etc etc, in the directory as stated.
> > This may sound really stupid but how to run them? I'm using x11 with
> > tcsh. and when i just type in "isql" it says "tcsh: isql: command not
> > found"
> >
> > thanks
> > maurice
> >
> > --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Milan Babuskov <albis@e...>
> > wrote:

> >> Maurice Ling wrote:
> >>> I'm not too sure if this had been asked... I've installed FB 1.01 on
> >>> my powerbook. It got installed in
> >>> /library/frameworks/firebird.frameworks. Because it has no tools or
> >>> front-ends, how can I use it to access and use my .gdb files? And
> >>> develop on it?
> >>>
> >>> Is there anyone who had tried it and can offer some help?
> >>
> >> You should have isql, gbak, gsec and other tools to get you starting.
> >> Read IB6 Operations Guide to learn how to work with those tools.
> >>
> >> For GUI access, AFAIK there's a PHP and Apache version for Mac,
so you
> >> could install that, and ibWebAdmin, so you can interface wirh your
> >> database via web browser.
> >>
> >> For development, there's IBPP library (www.ibpp.org), which will soon
> >> (matter of days) be ported to Mac. Actually, it already works, just
> >> needs some testing. You can join ibpp-discuss group at sourceforge to
> >> talk about it.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >>
> >> --
> >> Milan Babuskov
> >> http://fbexport.sourceforge.net
> >
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