Opening Firebird Databases - Exportizer Documentation

Firebird database file usually has .fdb extension. You can open it in Exportizer by several ways:

Opening through FD interface. Select FD interface, click Firebird, then fill all needed database parameters. Consult with your database administrator on how to choose correct parameters.

Example of configuring a database connection:

(required parameters are highlighted)

Parameter	Description	Value example
Vendor library	Firebird client library	C:\Program Files (x86)\Firebird\Firebird_2_5\bin\fbclient.dll
Server	Server address to connect to	localhost
Port	The server's listening port	3050
Database	Database path	c:\MyDb\prod.fdb
OS authentication	Specify whether to use OS authentication instead of the db authentication	No
Protocol	Protocol used to connect to the server. Possible values: Local NetBEUI SPX TCPIP	TCPIP
Charset	Character set to use	UTF8
User name	Database user name	SYSDBA
Password	Database user password	********
SQL command separator	Command separator in multi-command SQL scripts	^

And an example from GUI:

Registering Firebird Database

Opening through ODBC DSN. Create (if it does not exist yet) an ODBC DSN of the corresponding type using Windows ODBC Data Source Administrator, and point it to your database file. Then select ADO or BDE interface, choose ODBC data source option and then select the needed ODBC DSN from the drop-down list.
Opening by specifying file name (interface: ADO, BDE, or Interbase). Select File option and then specify the file name. Note: Interbase interface can be used for earlier Firebird versions because Firebird originated from Interbase 6.0, but using this interface for later Firebird versions was not tested.
Opening through connection string (interface: ADO). Select Connection string option and write a connection string. Connection string provides a flexible way to open the database because it can include different set of parameters. This way is recommended for advanced users but in most cases connection strings are enough simple even for beginners. Here are basic connection strings (more examples and details can be found in the Internet):
DRIVER=Firebird/InterBase(r) driver;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;DBNAME=HostNameOrIPAddr:C:\Databases\My_db.fdb; (IBPhoenix Open Source ODBC Driver must be installed)

Attention

This database type is supported only in Exportizer Enterprise and Exportizer Pro (the latter one can open such databases via ODBC only).
Firebird client must be installed. The bit-version of it (32 or 64) must match the bit-version of the application.
When choosing the ODBC option, please make sure the corresponding ODBC driver installed and the bit-version of it matches the bit-version of the application (32 or 64).
If you receive errors like 'Unavailable database' or 'Message length error', it means your Firebird client/server is not properly configured.

Notes

Each Exportizer edition has both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. You can install both and use them depending on what type of database you need to work with.
You can invoke the ODBC Data Source Administrator directly from Exportizer when it was launched in administrator mode:

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