Monday, November 27, 2017, 11:35:47 PM, Justis wrote:

> I’m running the latest version of Firebird on my windows PC, and
> I’ve got some .fbd files on my F:// Drive.
> I’m trying to connect to them via Firebird’s JDBC driver, but I’m getting absolutely nothing.

The JDBC driver is that - a driver. It is for connecting a Java
application to a database, through the Firebird server. Unless you
have such an application, you don't have a starting point.

> I’ve tried restarting firebird, the machine.

You don't have to restart Firebird or the machine if you fail to
connect. Firebird will just keep waiting until to offer a connection
string it likes.

> This is my first time with Firebird, so I apologize if I’m a bit
> slow to understand where to even start with trying to explain what’s happening.
> What should I be checking first?

Well, Java is only one driver out of many. Your best place to start,
AFTER reading the Quick Start Guide that is in the doc directory of
your Firebird installation, will probably be with the isql
command-line tool. It is a native application that doesn't need a
driver, as it its interface is stitched directly into the fringes of
the Firebird engine.

If you are a total newbie, you should also grab the isql manual from
the Firebird documentation library.

> What info am I missing from this description in order to make assisting me easier?

If you read the guff and still can't connect, you can copy/paste any
error messages from isql into your next message to this list. Then,
everyone will know what kind of help you need. If/when you do, tell us
what version of Firebird you are trying to use. That really matters,
as Firebird 3 cannot connect to databases made by earlier Firebird
versions.

Also, provide the connection string you use to request the connection,
e.g.

localhost:f:\databases\mydb.fdb -user sysdba -password masterkey

For issues trying to connect an app with your database through the
JDBC driver, there is a dedicated list.

HB