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<a name="h1"></a>Firebird Connection</h1>
<p id="par_id401677867293719" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Specifies the options for connecting to Firebird external databases.</p>
<h2 id="hd_id251677867849494" dir="auto">Creating a new Firebird database file</h2>
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<p id="par_id101697868070614" class="listitem" dir="auto">Choose <span class="menuitem">File - New - Database</span> and select <span class="emph">Connect to an existing database</span>. Click <span class="widget">Next</span>.</p>
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<p id="par_id301677867908874" class="listitem" dir="auto">Click <span class="widget">Create</span>. The <span class="emph">Save As</span> dialog opens. Enter a suitable name and location for the database file, and click <span class="widget">Save</span>. The path of the new file is displayed in the wizard’s text box. Click <span class="widget">Next</span>.</p>
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<p id="par_id161677867944534" class="listitem" dir="auto">Optionally, enter your username and password. Click <span class="widget">Next</span>.</p>
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<p id="par_id151677867957065" class="listitem" dir="auto">Decide your preferred options about registered database and what to do with the database once saved, and click <span class="widget">Finish</span>. Proceed to enter a name for the new LibreOffice Base file.</p>
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<div class="notetext"><p id="par_id401677867921758" dir="auto">In the second step, the name of the new Firebird database file (*.fdb) is entered, whereas in the last step, the LibreOffice Base (*.odb) file is saved.</p></div>
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<h2 id="hd_id361677867976296" dir="auto">Connect to an existing Firebird database file</h2>
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<p id="par_id101677868070614" class="listitem" dir="auto">Choose <span class="menuitem">File - New - Database</span> and select <span class="emph">Connect to an existing database</span>. Click <span class="widget">Next</span>.</p>
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<p id="par_id911677870523239" class="listitem" dir="auto">Click <span class="widget">Browse</span> and select the Firebird file (*.fdb). Click the <span class="widget">Open</span> button; the full URL to the database file is displayed in the text box. Click <span class="widget">Next</span>.</p>
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<p id="par_id761677868087380" class="listitem" dir="auto">Optionally, enter your username and password. Click <span class="widget">Next</span>.</p>
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<p id="par_id781677868096809" class="listitem" dir="auto">Decide your preferred options about database registration and what to do with database once saved, and click <span class="widget">Finish</span>. Proceed to enter a name for the new LibreOffice Base file.</p>
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<h2 id="hd_id101677868045879" dir="auto">Connect directly to a Firebird server</h2>
<p id="par_id691677869556047" class="paragraph" dir="auto">In addition to connections via JDBC and ODBC, you can connect to a Firebird server via the internal Firebird driver:</p>
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<p id="par_id105677868070614" class="listitem" dir="auto">Choose <span class="menuitem">File - New - Database</span> and select <span class="emph">Connect to an existing database</span>. Click <span class="widget">Next</span>.</p>
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<p id="par_id411677868640685" class="listitem" dir="auto">Manually enter the database connection URL in the text box. The pattern is <span class="literal"><servername>/<port>:<path_to_the_database></span>, for example:</p>
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<p id="par_id11677868316366" class="listitem" dir="auto"><span class="literal">server1:C:/data/mydatabase.fdb</span> (default port, Windows path)</p>
<p id="par_id381677868323697" class="listitem" dir="auto"><span class="literal">localhost:/data/mydatabase.fdb</span> (localhost server, default port, Linux path)</p>
<p id="par_id481677868332818" class="listitem" dir="auto"><span class="literal">server1:mydata</span> (default port, registered database)</p>
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<p id="par_id481677868353090" class="listitem" dir="auto">Click <span class="widget">Next</span>.</p>
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<p id="par_id351677868361836" class="listitem" dir="auto">Provide a suitable username and password required for the server connection. Test the connection (recommended) and fix the issues, if any. Click <span class="widget">Next</span>.</p>
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<p id="par_id601677868371635" class="listitem" dir="auto">Decide whether you want to register the database and what to do with it once saved, and click <span class="widget">Finish</span>. Enter a name for the new LibreOffice Base file.</p>
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<div class="notetext"><p id="par_id11677868344526" dir="auto">You can add some other options to the database URL, like the character set or role. See the Firebird documentation to find out about these options.</p></div>
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