At 11:21 PM 12/02/2008, you wrote:

>Well, I'm a newbie to Firebird, transfering over from BDE, using BDS
>2006 under XP Pro.
>
>I've downloaded Firebird 2.0.3 from
>http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files and unpacked the zip.
>
>All the documentation on Firebird says that the best way to install
>Firebird is to run the installer - and that the installer will ask
>you whether you want to install the Classic or the Super Server.
>
>I may be blind, but I cannot find the installer!

It's the very first download on the list on the Firebird 2.0.3 Downloads page. Just download it to a temporary place, double-click.the file and you're off.

>I downloaded the zip and unzipped it. Something is running, but I
>have not been able to create a database. I've followed carefully the
>example in the manual. Moreover, the Examples that the documentation
>says should be there are not and so I don't know if I can connect to
>an existing database. If I will need to uninstall it (in order to
>reinstall it), I'm not sure how I can do that either!

It sounds as though you downloaded the Embedded kit.

For a newbie, just zap the lot and start again with the installer.

./heLen