- Paperback: 1128 pages
- Publisher: APRESS (1 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1590592794
- ISBN-13: 978-1590592793
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 17.8 x 5.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 846,803 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Although less publicized than other open source database management systems, Firebird continues to gain a dedicated following of professional users. Figures have already reached hundreds of thousands worldwide, in Firebirds short three-year history in open source. And until now, no other book has been available.
This is the first, official book on Firebirdthe free, independent, open source relational database server that emerged in 2000. Based on the actual Firebird Project, this book will provide you all you need to know about Firebird database development, like installation, multi-platform configuration, SQL language, interfaces, and maintenance.
This comprehensive guide will help you build stable and scalable relational database back-ends for all sizes of client/server networks. The text is well-stocked with tips, code examples, and explanations to reinforce the material covered. This book concentrates on Firebird edition 1.5complete with updated language, security and optimization featureswithout neglecting the needs of Firebird 1.0 users.
About the Author
Helen Borrie is a database and application developer, a member of the Firebird project team and a former journalist, who doubles as a technical writer. She is a frequent contributor to support lists for Firebird, InterBase and Delphi database programming.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Firebird Handbook,
This review is from: The Firebird Book: A Reference for Database Developers (Paperback)
Well it was well worth the wait.This is the first true Firebird book in english and it is essentially the long awaited Firebird manual. Helen explains both the basics and more advanced features of firebird in a very clear and readable fashion. The book is well laid out and has lots of little pearls of wisdom scattered around the sections which alone would justify the price of the book. Do buy this book if you are using or developing with Firebird or considering using it in the future. To summarise Peter Chaisty
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4.8 out of 5 stars (17 customer reviews) 11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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What A Great Book on Firebird!,
By Jack Frosch - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Firebird Book: A Reference for Database Developers (Paperback)
I took The Firebird Book with me to lunch figuring I'd thumb through the TOC and browse a few of the pages. Nearly two hours later, I realized I'd gone well past my planned lunch time.What a great book! I used InterBase for years and have been using Firebird since v1.0, but I've hardly begun to exploit a fraction of its features. I guess that's perhaps the best praise for InterBase/Firebird - you can just install it and begin using it without having to become an expert on it first. Honestly, the single most important thing I learned from the book so far is this: Wow! Have I been taking for granted just how great a product Firebird is! Any companies still insisting on paying $5,000+ for a great database management system can just send me a check for $5,000 and I'll send you a copy of Firebird and this excellent book. Everyone else should just buy this book and download the totally free Firebird. (I downloaded my copy from http://www.ibphoenix.com) I really appreciate the author pulling together so much information into one hefty volume and presenting it in such an understandable way. Also, my sincere thanks go out to all the original InterBase, and now Firebird, contributors for giving the little guy a really big database management system. This book is truly a pleasure to read and will serve as a primary reference for a long time to come. 7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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keep your productivity if you migrate,
By W Boudville - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Firebird Book: A Reference for Database Developers (Paperback)
In the field of open source, there are only a few major relational databases - MySQL, Postgres and Firebird. MySQL has been garnering prominent wins recently, whereas Firebird has been steadily chugging along with relatively little publicity. But the book shows that if you are considering a free database, you should seriously look at Firebird. The book describes a very highly fleshed out database, that supports much standard SQL querying. Plus Firebird has had stored procedures and foreign keys for some time. The book goes into detail on these. Whereas MySQL has only its latest version incorporating them. Not as mature as Firebird's.The core of the book is its Part 5, with several chapters talking about Firebird's SQL variant. The good news is that you should recognise much of it already. Much of your previous SQL experience should carry over to Firebird. Preserves your productivity if you migrate. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Well-Written, Comprehensive, the Reason I Now Use Firebird RDBMS,
By Simplicissimus - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Firebird Book: A Reference for Database Developers (Paperback)
This book is very well crafted. It is organized and thorough. With this book, the Interbase 6.0 manuals (available free on-line in PDF) and the Firebird software, you can create and maintain high performance, industrial software for use in production in environments of any size. I can not reccommend this book highly enough. If you need a database for your next project, you owe it to yourself to try out Firebird SQL. Use Ms. Borrie's book as a guide.
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