Hello Cassandra,

> > I am brand new to all this.
> >
> > If someone could help, or point me in the direction of a tutorial,
> > I would be much obliged.
>
> Down the quick start guide from..
>
> http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=ibp_quickstart

If you're new to creating and populating databases, I'd also get

ftp://ftp.borland.com/pub/interbase/techpubs/tutorial.zip

This is a very good beginners' tutorial. It was developed for
Interbase 5.x, but 95% or more still applies to Firebird.


Good luck!

Paul Vinkenoog