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:
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.
