Firebird
Server Port Exceptions for Ostendo
Server Ports required to be 'Open' to run Ostendo After the installation of Ostendo onto a Server in a 'Client Server environment you will need to open port 4380 on the Server. To do this you are required to create Windows Firewall Inbound / Outbound ...
Terminal Server Ports and Registry Key Installation Settings
Extract - If running Terminal Services, Please read this Extract from the Ostendo Installation Specification regarding Ports, Registry Keys, etc:- All computer networks must have at least UTP Category 5 Cable and 100mbps network speed. Ensure all ...
Upgrading from Firebird V1.5 to V2.5
Attached is a document describing the process of upgrading Firebird from V1.5 to V2.5 for both 32 and 64 bit platforms. The download is available from http://www.ostendo.info/downloads/firebird/firebird25.exe Firebird 1.5 is available for download ...
Internal GDS Error
User gets this message "Internal gds software consistency check (can't continue after bugcheck)." There could have been an event (i.e. power surge, shutting down the PC while Ostendo was running, hard disk corruption etc...) that has caused a ...
Your user name and password are not defined
If you get message 'Your user name and password are not defined. Ask your database administrator to set up a Firebird login' It appears that screen 'Alternate Database User' has been amended. You should note that this screen has nothing to do with ...
Cannot link to Ostendo - Unable to complete network request to host "LOCALHOST"
Get this message when trying to open Ostendo Unable to complete network request to host "LOCALHOST". Failed to establish a connection. The system could not find the environment option that was entered This issue can be resolved by changing the ...
Changing the default Firebird password (Alternate Database User)
Ostendo uses a Firebird database, which requires a Username and Password for access. A standard Username and Password is provided by Firebird and Ostendo uses this by default. Database users belong to the Firebird SERVER,while Ostendo users belong to ...
Ostendo and Firebird Installation Instructions
Please refer to the attached document, which describes the process for software installation of Firebird and Ostendo Also please refer to the Knowledgebase Article "Installing Firebird 2.5.1 in a multi user environment" for further information ...
Can't format message 13:180
This message might appear when trying to access the Demo or Default databases after performing an installation of Ostendo on a server with no errors during the installation dmSecurity.LicenceDB: Can't format message 13:180 -- message file C:\Program ...
Installing Firebird 2.5.8.27089 in a multi user environment
It is suggested that for multi user (Client Server or Terminal Server environments) that Firebird be can installed with the 'Classic -> Super Classic' configuration. It has been demonstrated that in 'some' environments this can improve performance ...
Running Multiple Instances Of Firebird
On occasions, Ostendo and Firebird 2.5 will need to be installed on a server where Firebird is already running for another software application eg: NAB Banking Software or TerraLink In order to allow Firebird to run under multiple instances, there ...
Increasing Firebird Performance
Below are links to two articles relating to potentially increasing Firebird Performance https://ib-aid.com/en/articles/how-to-make-firebird-work-20-faster-at-windows-server-2016-in-less-than-1-minute/ ...
New Firebird Version 2.5.8.27089
Below is a link to download the latest recommended version of Firebird 2.5 for Ostendo Firebird Version 2.5.8.27089 To check what version you are currently running, launch Ostendo and go to Help->About and press the "Firebird Database Information" ...
Firebird Restart to improve performance and remove External Users
Firebird Stop / Start process Large Ostendo sites running 20+ users should stop and re-start Firebird on a regular basis to ensure performance is maintained. The major issue to automating this process in the past has been the worry that users may ...
Database Sweep Interval Setting To Improve Performance
Amending the Database Sweep Interval Setting Overview: On some large databases, performance issues maybe experienced due to the database Sweep Interval setting being set at a higher level than need be. By default the Sweep Interval setting is set to ...