| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Frustration with Firebird tools on Linux |
|---|---|
| Author | Helen Borrie |
| Post date | 2007-10-05T02:13:10Z |
At 05:42 AM 5/10/2007, you wrote:
onto the Flamerobin list and post a message, describing exactly what
you have tried to do and in what way it failed. Don't forget to tell
them what version of FR you are using. Firebird changes over time
and tools developers distribute updated versions.
FlameRobin. FR is the closest thing there is to an "official" free
GUI and it is maintained by people who are both high-octane Firebird
users and skilled cross-platform programmers.
You should also beware of downloading *any* binaries from websites
other than those operated by the developers of the tools
concerned. A lot of well-meaning people copy binaries into their own
FTP repositories and invite people to download them. In virtually
all cases, they don't keep their repositories up to date.
to software. This list is for support questions and "tools noise"
isn't really too welcome here.
One thing you could do is post a message to the firebird-tools
yahoogroup, asking there about free (or cheap) tools that you could
try. You can find all the details, subscription instructions, etc.
for all of our lists (including Flamerobin!!) at
http://firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=lists . It's a big list but you
can cruise down the menu at the left to get a link to the item you're
interested in.
^^ heLen
(resident Witch)
>I have recently installed Firebird 2.0.1 on Slackware Linux (12.0). IThat seems strange. It does work, and very well. You need to get
>have no problems working with FB from the ISQL command line, but I I
>would like to have a GUI tool to make life more pleasant. I have tried
>several.
>
>I have been unable to get FlameRobin to run at all and gave up after
>several tries.
onto the Flamerobin list and post a message, describing exactly what
you have tried to do and in what way it failed. Don't forget to tell
them what version of FR you are using. Firebird changes over time
and tools developers distribute updated versions.
>IBAccess [ ... ]Those tools are not kept in as rigorous a state of maintenance as
>
>ibWebAdmin [ ... ]
FlameRobin. FR is the closest thing there is to an "official" free
GUI and it is maintained by people who are both high-octane Firebird
users and skilled cross-platform programmers.
You should also beware of downloading *any* binaries from websites
other than those operated by the developers of the tools
concerned. A lot of well-meaning people copy binaries into their own
FTP repositories and invite people to download them. In virtually
all cases, they don't keep their repositories up to date.
>I like Firebird for its compactness and feature set, but I am about toFinding the right tool for the job applies to info lists as much as
>the point of rethinking my decision about what DB to use. If anyone
>can offer any words of wisdom I will be very appreciative.
to software. This list is for support questions and "tools noise"
isn't really too welcome here.
One thing you could do is post a message to the firebird-tools
yahoogroup, asking there about free (or cheap) tools that you could
try. You can find all the details, subscription instructions, etc.
for all of our lists (including Flamerobin!!) at
http://firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=lists . It's a big list but you
can cruise down the menu at the left to get a link to the item you're
interested in.
^^ heLen
(resident Witch)