Firebird ODBC Configuration Parameters

Are used to define the connection parameters to a database. The dialog box contains the parameters that correspond to the connection attributes

Data Source Name (DSN)

Required.
Unique name of Server Type
Example: “Connect from FbEmbed” or “ConnectFbServer”

Description

Not Required.
A more detailed description of the data source.

Driver

Required.
Always: IscDbc

Database

Required.
Specify the location of a database, locally, remotely or via an alias.
See examples

Client

Required when using the embedded Server Allows you to specify a command line to start the Firebird embedded database(fbembed) or Firebird SQL client (gds32,fbclient).

Database Account

Not Required.
The user name to be used when connecting to a Firebird database. If not used, ODBC will prompt you for a user ID (UID or USER) when connecting to the data source.

Password

Not Required.
The password to be used with the User ID when connecting to a Firebird database. If not used, ODBC will prompt you for a password ( PWD or PASSWORD ) when connecting to the data source. If used the password is automatically encrypted and saved in odbc.ini. Setting the password here should not be a security risk.

Role

Not Required.
Rules:
1. If defined, but login is SYSDBA, role ignored is used.
2. If defined, and login is not SYSDBA, login ignored is used.

Character Set

Not Required.
Set the default character set.

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