Antonio... I believe you are asking how you install a Firebird Database Engine on a "hosted web site" by one of the many providers available to developers on the Internet.
If this is the case, than you will not find many that support the Firebird Database intrinsically whereas most support either SQL Server and\or MySQL. In fact, a casual search for such providers yielded very little for this type of support. Unfortunately, Firebird is not as popular an Open Source alternative as MySQL or PostgreSQL. As a result, you may have to build your hosted web site with an external access to a Firebird Database Server, which the provider you choose may assist in your implementation. If however, you are asking how to load a Firebird Database to a web site, in essence as part of a web application that is being hosted, than Mark is correct in his reply in that you do not load a database engine to a web site. Normally in well defined distributed systems, the database is implemented on a completely separate, physical tier. However, since administrators have found it easier to simply add a database engine on to the same server that is hosting web site processes, you now normally find what would normally be an application server also running a database engine. Thus for example an application server would have IIS supporting the running of ASP.NET web applications while also have a database engine installed on the same machine. If you could clarify what you are seeking to do, it would help you in getting a more concise answer to your original question... Steve Naidamast Sr. Software Engineer
