I wrote a little batch script to switch between versions of Firebird SQL Server nearly automatically.
The only one requirement is that all versions must be installed in C:\Program Files\Firebird\<Version>
where Major.Minor
version number of the Firebird Server you want to use.
Eg : C:\Program Files\Firebird\1.5
, C:\Program Files\Firebird\2.0
, C:\Program Files\Firebird\2.1
...
Just copy the script in C:\Program Files\Firebird and start switching between versions of Firebird :
C:\Program Files\Firebird\> switch 1.5
C:\Program Files\Firebird\> switch 2.0
...
The code :
@echo off if "%OLD_PATH%" == "" ( set OLD_PATH=%PATH% ) setlocal set FB_KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird Server\Instances set FB_VALUE=DefaultInstance for /F "skip=2 tokens=2*" %%A IN ('reg query "%FB_KEY%" /v %FB_VALUE%') do ( for /F "delims=\ tokens=4" %%Y IN ('echo %%B') do ( set CURRENT_FB=%%Y ) ) set VERSION=%1 if "%VERSION%" == "" ( echo Syntax : %0 [1.5 ^| 2.0 ^| 2.1 ^| 2.5 ^| 3.0] [Params for instsvc i^(nstall^)] if not %CURRENT_FB% == "" ( if exist %CURRENT_FB%\bin\instsvc.exe ( echo. echo Tip : These are the available options for instsvc from Firebird %CURRENT_FB% %CURRENT_FB%\bin\instsvc.exe ) ) ) else ( if not "%CURRENT_FB%" == "" ( echo Unregistering Firebird %CURRENT_FB% pushd %CURRENT_FB%\bin instclient r g instsvc stop instsvc r instreg r popd echo. ) echo Registering Firebird %VERSION% pushd %VERSION%\bin instreg i -z instsvc i %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 instsvc start instclient i g popd echo. echo Defining System Path to search in Firebird %VERSION% tools and some useful environment variables endlocal set PATH=%OLD_PATH%;"%CD%\%VERSION%\bin" set ISC_USER=SYSDBA set ISC_PASSWORD=masterkey echo All Right ! ) |
Hope this helps 🙂
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In a comment to a ping-back (http://wiert.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/le-vosgien-du-net-·-switch-between-versions-of-firebird-sql-server) Edwin van der Kraan correctly notices that you also have to watch which version of gds32.dll you are using.
They are not only different between Firebird and InterBase, but also different across versions of the same product brand.
—jeroen
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