Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 8:48:05 AM, [email protected] wrote: > I am new to Firebird. I have downloaded Firebird 2.5.6 (Client, > Classic Server and SuperServer versions) but when I install them on > my MAC, I cannot find any files even though my MAC tells me that the > programs have been successfully installed.
> I am running OS 10.9.5 (Mavericks, I believe) hence the older version of > Firebird. If you're not also a newbie on MacOSX, you'll know about frameworks. https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFrameworks/Concepts/WhatAreFrameworks.html Firebird installs in a framework: /library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework > I simply want to try and use the open-source software to create > some databases. You have two pinnacles to surmount here. First, you need to know which model of Firebird you installed (Classic, Superclassic or Superserver) and get yourself connected to a database. There's a horrible but usable sample database called employee.fdb in ./Resources/examples. In ./Resources/bin there is a command-line application called isql; or (I think) there is a Mac version of the FlameRobin GUI client, which might be more use to you. Google it. Note, if you installed Classic you need to have launchd installed and running. Some user documentation is in ./Resources/doc. Start with the Quick Start guide. You'll need a PDF reader. The release notes also have detailed documentation of new features added in v.2.5 but they are in no sense the full story. Use the resources in the Documentation zone at the website. The "God" user is SYSDBA, password 'masterke', which is known to the world. > I am moderately experienced in SQL, having used > both Oracle and Microsoft Access in the past. Once you get your head around what you're doing at the nuts-and-bolts level, you can study the Firebird 2.5 Language Reference either online at the website Documentation zone or download the PDF from there. Firebird's SQL is highly standards-compliant so it has much more in common with Oracle than with Access, which is a Microsoft invention and about as non-standard as you'll find. > Can anyone give me some pointers on what I am doing wrong? I would > appreciate any help at all. Probably at this stage the only thing you are doing wrong is avoiding the documentation. ;-) Helen
