Firebird 2.5.1 (2011/10/04) /
Firebird 2.1.4 (2011/03/15) /
Firebird 2.0.7 (2012/04/12) FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.dll 2.7.0 (2011/12/19)
Q: How to connect to embedded server?
A: The file 'Database4.exe' and the embed DLL files must be located in the same folder
Installation Steps:
1. Download and Unzip the Firebird-xxxx_Win32_embed.zip file into a single directory such as “database .net”
2. Move database4.exe file in the directory “database .net”
3. Run database4.exe -> Options -> Additional Connection Parameters -> Firebird -> click Embedded Server
Make sure you've installed the Oracle client 11.x (32-bit) Note: You must use a 32-bit Oracle client with the 64-bit operating systems.
Oracle Database Instant Client for a simple deployment:
oci.dll, orannzsbb11.dll and oraociicus11.dll(or oraociei11.dll)
If you got the following error message
ORA-12705: Cannot access NLS data files or invalid environment specified
A blank error message
You can try the following steps to resolve the issue
1. Click START then RUN then type REGEDIT and Enter.
2. Go to this location on the registry: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\fishDatabase\Settings]
3. On the right side of the screen right click --> New --> String Value and add the following string value
Example: "NLS_LANG"="AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8"
NLS_LANG=<language>_<territory>.<character set>
To get the possible value for language, territory and characterset you can check the view V$NLS_VALID_VALUES.
– parameter – possible values LANGUAGE, TERRITORY, CHARACTERSET
SELECT parameter, value FROM V$NLS_VALID_VALUES;