Hello, i guess someone else using the Firebird Database and using maybe a differnt Management Tools for it.
one if it is IBExpert, an other is DBeaver.
is there a similar good tool like IBExpert to edit database users and trigger, stored procedures and sequences etc.?
@MarkusR,
Firebird is the main database I had been using in all my XOJO programs in the last years
DBeaver on Mac and SQLMaestro on Windows are the tools I use to manage the databases.
I am running my programs on Windows (all versions 7, 10, 11 and Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2109) and on MacOS Intel (i5 and i7) and ARM (M1, M2 and M3), except in Sonoma in all Mac OSx.
I am using Firebird 2.5 and 3.0 and I am planning to migrate all to Firebird 4.0 in the next months.
Whatever I could help please let me know.
But I detest ODBC. I like an approach more like SQLite, run the app, the app takes care of everything… directly, at runtime, programmatically. Watching the ODBC driver, looks like wrapping FBClient.DLL could be the way of doing it.
I am using MBS Xojo SQL Plugin for many years.
Great Plugin.
Christian always available to assist if I have any trouble.
I recommend it if you want to use this great database
I don’t intend to buy 500 functions to use one. Firebird became outstanding in V5. And I would say that with 2026 V6 it should not be ignored anymore. It is like a small Postgres (feature complete server) that can be used as a kind of SQLite too (embedded, no server install). I guess it is just a question of time to Xojo support it as others do.
It is confusing that MBS force (at least looks like that) to download the complete set to use the SQL but we need to pay a different license (didn’t spend much time on the plugin-sql page). Maybe there is a link to just download MBS SQL Plugin somewhere.
Yes, the SQL Plugin offers more than just connect to Firebird (it looks like 12 options directly without using ODBC).