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Firebird Database Server 2.0 ALPHA 2
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** IMPORTANT **
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See note below regarding installation over
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older versions of Firebird
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** ********* **
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This document is a guide to installing this package of
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Firebird 2.0 Alpha 2 on the Win32 platform. These notes
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refer to the installation package itself, rather than
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Firebird 2.0 in general.
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Contents
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o Before installation
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o Installing on systems with older versions of Firebird
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o Installing on systems with Firebird 2.0
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o New features of the installer
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o Known installation problems
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o Deprecated features related to installation
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o Uninstallation
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o Other Notes
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o Installation from a batch file
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Before installation
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It is recommended that you UNINSTALL all previous
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versions of Firebird or InterBase before installing
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this package.
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Installation on systems with older version of Firebird
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The security database has been changed. The new
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database is called security2.fdb and uses a
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strengthened password encryption algorithm. You can
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find out more info about the new security features in
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doc/README.sha1.txt.
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The new database structure and the changed encryption
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presents several migration problems for sites that have
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many user ids. The installer makes no attempt to carry
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out this migration. For Alpha 1 it must be done
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manually. A possible migration technique is available
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in misc/upgrade/security/. A future test release will
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address the issue of user migration more fully.
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Installing on systems with Firebird 2.0
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The installer cannot automatically detect if a
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Firebird 2.0 Alpha 1 or Alpha 2 server is running.
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Therefore you will receive no warning until the
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installer attempts to overwrite an active file.
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New features of the installer
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o If an existing firebird.conf is detected the
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installer will install the default conf file
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as:
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firebird.conf.default.
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The existing firebird.conf file will be untouched.
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This is to ensure that access restrictions are
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maintained after an upgrade.
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o Support for several languages has been added to the
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installer. This support extends ONLY to the
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installation process.
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Known installation problems
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A client-only install is in fact installing the
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server executable. This will be fixed in a future
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beta release. In the meantime the work-around is
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to delete the .exe. This can be automated by using
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a scripted install.
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Uninstallation
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o It is preferred that this package be uninstalled
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correctly using the uninstallation application
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supplied. This can be called from the Control Panel.
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Alternatively it can be uninstalled by running
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unins000.exe directly from the installation
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directory.
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o If Firebird is running as an application (instead of
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as a service) it is recommended that you manually
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stop the server before running the uninstaller. This
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is because the uninstaller cannot stop a running
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application. If a server is running during the
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uninstall the uninstall will complete with errors.
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You will have to delete the remnants by hand.
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o Uninstallation leaves four files in the install
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directory:
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- aliases.conf
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- firebird.conf
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- firebird.log
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- security2.fdb
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This is intentional. These files are all
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potentially modifiable by users and may be required
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if Firebird is re-installed in the future. They can
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be deleted if no longer required.
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Other Notes
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Firebird requires WinSock2. All Win32 platforms
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should have this, except for Win95. A test for the
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Winsock2 library is made during install. If it is
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not found the install will fail. You can visit
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this link:
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q177719
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to find out how to go about upgrading.
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Installation from a batch file
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------------------------------
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The setup program can be run from a batch file.
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Please see this document:
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installation_scripted.txt
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for full details.
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