--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@...>
wrote:

>
> At 07:27 AM 19/03/2008, you wrote:
> >Hey all! I am a new user of Firebird. I have to work with it as

part of

> >my coursework. I am completely new to this stuff. But I am really
> >interested to learn. So anybody can help me out on what all I need

to

> >know abt Firebird to start off?
>
> http://firebirdsql.org is Firebird's main website.
>
> If you haven't installed it yet, visit the Documentation Index at

the Firebird website and pick up the Quick Start Guide for your
Firebird version. (After installation, you will find it, along with
other documentation, in the /doc/ directory beneath the Firebird
root).

>
> There are command-line tools in the /bin/ directory but you might

wish to get hold of a graphical admin tool. The cross-platform tool
FlameRobin can be found via the link on the home page at the Firebird
website. Depending on your platform, there are numerous other tools
to choose from. The http://www.ibphoenix.com website has links for
most of them in its Contributed Downloads section. You can ask on
the firebird-tools list about tools that have specific features you
are looking for.

>
> No doubt you will have course books to learn SQL. You don't

mention what environment you will be working in but that does
matter! You are welcome to use this and appropriate other Firebird
lists to ask questions. (See http://firebirdsql.org/index.php?
op=lists ). The more specific your questions, the better the answers
you will get.

>
> We are all volunteers here, mainly Firebird users with real jobs.

We answer questions if we can, because we want to help. Unspecific
questions that provide no information about what you need to do are
very annoying. A study of your course outline should offer some
clues about your objectives and what you need to ask about. *We*
need to know details like the server version (a number) and model
(Superserver, Classic, embedded), the operating system and version,
the programming environment, in some cases the hardware and network
environment, yadda yadda yadda...

>
> ^heLen
>

I have installed Firebird 2.0.3 on my computer. I have tried all ways
of starting it. The quick start guide says I can find the file in the
assembly folder in Windows of C Drive, but I dont see it. The quick
guide says to start it from control panel. The window does come up
when I double click it,to click OK, but it would'nt start. I have
Windows Vista OS. I tried to run the SuperServer as a service.