| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Re: New User!! |
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| Author | Helen Borrie |
| Post date | 2008-03-24T23:19:18Z |
At 09:40 AM 25/03/2008, you wrote:
That demo is a promotion for a commercial database admin product called IBExpert.
The first part of the demo shows installation, but it is not installing Firebird 2 on Vista! Avoid the Control Panel applet on Vista.
The part where it goes to the Control Panel is not needed and serves to confuse you. Ignore it.
After installation, the server is already running, waiting for you to connect to it via a client application. You can use the isql command-line tool in the \bin\ directory (instructions are in the Quick Start Guide) but that might be too hard for you.
If you want things to happen the way they do in that demo, you will need to get IBExpert and install it. I believe there is a trial version available.
There are other graphical clients that you can use: since you don't want to spend any money, I suggest Flamerobin (click through from the Firebird website home page) or IB_SQL (free at www.ibobjects.com). You will still need to read the Quick Start Guide if you don't understand how the client/server architecture is meant to work.
./heLen
>> Tell us what you are expecting to happen when you "start"Trouble = not providing enough information; not reading the instructions. ;-)
>Firebird. That might help to get everyone on the same page.
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>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL_5I2Ho_Ak&feature=related
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>Please watch this. This is what I expect to happen, after I double
>click and say OK. But it is not happening. I am really sorry if I've
>created trouble for you all.
That demo is a promotion for a commercial database admin product called IBExpert.
The first part of the demo shows installation, but it is not installing Firebird 2 on Vista! Avoid the Control Panel applet on Vista.
The part where it goes to the Control Panel is not needed and serves to confuse you. Ignore it.
After installation, the server is already running, waiting for you to connect to it via a client application. You can use the isql command-line tool in the \bin\ directory (instructions are in the Quick Start Guide) but that might be too hard for you.
If you want things to happen the way they do in that demo, you will need to get IBExpert and install it. I believe there is a trial version available.
There are other graphical clients that you can use: since you don't want to spend any money, I suggest Flamerobin (click through from the Firebird website home page) or IB_SQL (free at www.ibobjects.com). You will still need to read the Quick Start Guide if you don't understand how the client/server architecture is meant to work.
./heLen