I really don't know what to say. Maybe I'm in the wrong place? I'll
try not to be offensive, but it will be difficult.

I have data. I need a place to store my data and I need some way to
query that data. That's IT. When I downloaded Firebird I was
expecting to find something I could use for the above purpose.
Instead, it seems as though I've joined some sort of cult? Sorry, I'm
not interested in rituals, just being able to work with a computer
program in the usual way.

I have no server. Just a computer. I have data. A fair amount. I
activate the software I've downloaded. And I get a prompt looking very
much like a DOS prompt. And I have no idea what I'm supposed to enter
there -- or why in the year 2006 I am seeing such a prompt.

I'm sure Firebird is not what I need. So can anyone here recommend
what I DO need? I THOUGHT it was database software. Sorry, I must
have been wrong.

Yours Truly,

Victor Grauer