Firebird ODBC

Introduction

Is an External Utilities for other Application to Access Firebird Database

Pros

1. Can direct Retrieve/Get Information From Connected Database.

Cons

1. User might lost concurrent license (i.e. need to buy double)
2. Might corrupt the database if not careful
3. Setting need to reset if user change the database file name
4. Setting need to reset if estream change firebird version or table/field name

Using this Application is at your own risk. Estream will not responsible on any data corrupt or missing due to usage of this application.

Requirement

• Firebird Server 32 bits
• SQL Product

Program

• Firebird ODBC 2.0.4.155 Win32

Setup

01. Open Control Panel.

02. Double Click Administrative Tools | ODBC Data Sources (32-bit)

03. Click on System DSN tab

04. Click Add button.

05. Select Firebird/InterBase(r) Driver

06. Click Finish button.

07. Under Firebird ODBC Setup, define the following info only and the rest by default :

Field Name	Description
Data Source Name (DSN)	Can be any Name (eg. FB)
Description	Can be any Description (eg. FB)
Database	The Firebird FDB file path
Client	The Firebird fbclient.dll path Can get it under SQLAccounting\firebird 3.0 or Firebird\Firebird 3_0 Folder
Database Account	Firebird user name (Default is SYSDBA)
Password	Firebird password (Default is masterkey)
Character Set	Set to UTF8 (For FB3.0 & above)
Dialect	Set to 3

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Example Access From Microsoft Excel

Below example is using Microsoft Excel 2016 to get Firebird Data using ODBC

Steps

01. Create New Worksheet

02. Click Data Tab

03. Clcik Get External Data | From Other Source | From Microsoft Query

04. Select FB* (The Data Source Name entered in ODBC)

05. Click OK button

06. Select the table at the Available tables and columns field

07. Click the > button to select the Columns

08. Click Next button till you see below dialog

09. Select View data or edit query in Microsoft Query option

10. Click Finish button

11. Click SQL button to edit your Query

12. Edit the Query Statement here

13. Click OK button when done

14. Click File | Return Data to Microsoft Excel

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