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Using Firebird

(work in progress)

IBPhoenix Editors

Firebird Project

Maintenance, additions

16 July 2007 – Document version 2.0.2


Table of Contents

1. About this book
Work in progress!
Origins
More documentation
2. About Firebird
Firebird's origins
The Firebird Foundation
Overview of Features
Classic and Superserver architectures
System Requirements
3. About Clients and Servers
What is a Firebird client?
The Firebird client library
The server
Client and server combined: Firebird Embedded Server
Application development
Server-side programming
Multi-database applications
A. Document history
B. License notice

List of Figures

3.1. The Firebird client/server model

List of Tables

2.1. Summary of features
2.2. Comparison of Classic and Superserver architectures
2.3. Memory Requirements
2.4. Approximate Disk Space Requirements
2.5. Minimum machine specifications
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