Help me, Firebird Sql embedded form MAC OSX and IBX components?
lazarus / 16-Databases

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laguna · 2018-04-26 06:05

I want to use firebird-sql embedded version in one of my programs,
without installing Firebird-Sql.
I created the Frameworks folder and inside it the FB-Embedded-3
subfolder (unzip all files).
Using IBX components how can I make the library recognized and loaded?

Thank you all
Vincenzo

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tonyw · 2018-04-26 08:17

IBX loads the Firebird Client library dynamically. Under OSX, it first
looks for:

/Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Firebird

and if that is not present, it tries:

/Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Libraries/libfbclient.dylib

and then gives up if neither are present. An easy test is to install
IBX in the Lazarus IDE and if the IBX components are present on the
"Firebird" tab then IBX has found the Firebird library. At run time,
there is no need to explicitly load the Firebird library as this is
done automatically by IBX.

If you are unable to place the Firebird Client library in either of
the above locations then it is possible to specify an alternative
location using the environment variable FBLIB or by using an internal
callback. See section 3.3.4 of the Firebird Pascal API Guide for more
information.

If you are using Firebird 3, then to use Firebird in embedded mode
then you typically install the same binaries, but there is no need to
start the server. You probably can avoid installing the Firebird
utilities.