This NeXTAnswer covers some basic installation tips in order to use your Interbase adaptor in conjunction with a remote Interbase server. If you have more specific questions about the server capabilities, please direct them to Borland Technical Support.
 
 1. Before Installing:
 
· Install your Interbase adaptor into /NextLibrary/Adaptors. The Interbase adaptor is available from NeXT by contacting:  <frontline--enter the correct information similar to drivers, etc. after we make it available to them>

·  Make sure that you have Interbase version 3.3D or greater.

·  Make a directory /usr/interbase before you install the Interbase package and put in a valid isc_license.data file which must be supplied by Borland. This file is not included in the Interbase.pkg.

2. After Installing:

· If you install the server on a standalone machine, and then attach it to a NetInfo network, you need to run the folowing command as root:

	localhost# niload services / < /usr/interbase/services.isc

because services have to loaded into the root domain of the machine you are using.
 
 Miscellaneous Notes:
 
· To access an Interbase server from a NEXTSTEP client machine, you must do 3 things:
·  Add the following entry into your /etc/services file:
		gds_db		3050/tcp
		
·  Install the gds_pipe executable in /usr/interbase/bin (supplied by Borland)
·  Install a valid isc_license.data file in /usr/interbase (supplied by Borland).

· To initialize the connection to a particular database, use qli which equivalent of Oracle's sqlplus or Sybase's isql. This command  is located in /usr/interbase/bin/qli. At the qli prompt,  type:
	ready /myDirectory/mydatabase.gdb

 If the database is in your working directory, you only need to specify its name; otherwise, the full pathname is needed.
 Note that you must have read and write permissions on the actual file.
 
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Valid for  3.2