How do I open a Firebird database?

How do I access my Firebird server?

SQL> CONNECT "/databases/firebird/MY_EMPLOYEE.FDB" If connecting remotely (using TCP/IP), use the CONNECT statement with the server name and complete file path of the database or, an alias. When using the full path, remember to ensure that the server name is separated from the database path with a colon.

How do I use Firebird database?

Firebird ships with a text-mode client named isql (Interactive SQL utility). You can use it in several ways to connect to a database. One of them, shown below, is to start it in interactive mode. Go to the bin subdirectory of your Firebird installation and type isql (Windows) or ./isql (Linux) at the command prompt.

Is Firebird DB free?

Firebird is a free, open-source, SQL relational database management system based on the open source edition of InterBase released by Borland Software Corp, formerly known as Inprise Corp.

What type of database is Firebird?

Firebird is an open-source SQL relational database management system that "runs on Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS and several Unix platforms". The database forked from Borland's open source edition of InterBase in 2000 but the code has been largely rewritten since Firebird 1.5.