DbSchema for Firebird Database

DbSchema is a powerful database management and design tool for Firebird. It offers features such as visual schema design, team collaboration with GIT, schema deployment and HTML schema documentation.

How to Connect to Firebird Database

  1. Access the Connection Dialog

    Choose "Connect to the database" or "New Model Connected to the Database" will let you select your database and open the Connection Dialog.

    DbSchema automatically downloads the JDBC driver to connect to your database.

  2. Configure the Connection

    3. In the Connection Dialog window, select the JDBC URL you want to connect with. If your database is running in the cloud, choose Edit Manually and insert the JDBC URL from the cloud console.

    Enter the host name, the authentication details, select your database as described in the Connection Dialog page.

  3. Troubleshoot Firewall Issues
    4. If you encounter connection issues, it may be due to firewall settings. Read how to enable Firewall Connections.
Remember to enable Windows Firewalls Firewalls & anti-viruses may block database connections.

Connect to a Cloud Firebird

All cloud providers, like AWS, Oracle or Google allows to get the JDBC URL in the cloud console. In DbSchema Connection Dialog choose 'Manually Edit the JDBC URL' and copy the URL.

Connect to Firebird in the Cloud

Connect to a Firebird Server

The connection dialog is explained here.

Connect from DbSchema using the default user SYSDBA with password masterkey, and the 'C:\dbtest.dbf' in the Database field.
How to connect to Firebird database

Guided Installation Tutorial

Download Firebird Sql from: https://firebirdsql.org

Select the components

Select the Firebird components to install

Create or don't create start-up folders....Select Additional tasks:

Manage Firebird database

You may manage also the way Firebird is running using a tool you can download afterwards from 'https://firebirdsql.org'.

Before connecting to Firebird create a database in Firebird by launching ISQL and execute
create database 'c:/dbtest.dbf' user 'SYSDBA' password 'masterkey';
commit;
Create Firebird database

Fix Encryption Errors in Jaybird 3

As to the "Incompatible wire encryption levels" error, Firebird 3 by default requires wire protocol encryption, which Jaybird 3 doesn't support (it will be available in Jaybird 4). You need to configure Firebird (in firebird.conf) by setting WireCrypt to Enabled as documented: 
    - https://firebirdsql.org
    - https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/jaybird/wiki/Jaybird-and-Firebird-3