On 2017-10-19 09:54, Helen Borrie helebor@...
[firebird-support] wrote:

>> But I still can't connect. I also tested with DBerver but have the
>> same problem. I downloaded and installed the java driver to version
>> 3.0.2. But still no success at all. I have no idea what t o do.
>> All the programs I have tried to use to connect to Firebird don't
>> work and they all tell me to come here.
>
> You've named some applications I've never heard of. Are you sure they
> actually support Firebird? If they claim to do so, check what driver
> they need, e.g., ODBC, Python, etc.

He probably meant DBeaver (https://dbeaver.jkiss.org/), which is a
Java-based database-agnostic SQL tool.

> In the case of Jaybird, you have both the client and the language
> interface rolled into one. Jaybird supports the API natively.
> However, it appears Jaybird does not support wire encryption yet. To
> ask about that, subscribe to the firebird-java support list, see
> https://www.firebirdsql.org/en/mailing-lists/
>
>> I would attach the firebird.conf but there doesn't seem to be a way
>> to do that. the firebird conf that I found was in
>> /etc/firebird/firebird3.0
>
> The Firebird 3 installer script didn't put it there but possibly
> FlameRobin or Jaybird did. Some client interfaces need to read
> firebird.conf. It won't conflict with the server's firebird.conf, per
> se, but it would pay to keep the one used by the client app consistent
> with the one used by the server.

Jaybird doesn't install anything, and AFAIK, neither does Flamerobin do
anything with with firebird.conf. It is more likely the layout of the
specific firebird install on his Linux system.

Mark