Introduction

This Quick Start takes you step-by-step through the process of creating and using a database using the InterBase IBConsole dialog.  You learn to create data structures that enforce referential integrity constraints and maintain security.  You populate your tables, create triggers and stored procedures, and learn a number of techniques for retrieving the data with precision.

There are five parts in this tutorial:

   Part I:

  How to Install and Start the InterBase Server

  How to Create a New User and a Database

   Part II:

  What are the Fundamentals of Database Design

  How to Work in the IBConsole Environment

  How to create the Data Structures for your Database

  How to Recover from Errors

   Part III:

  How to Populate Your Database

   Part IV:

  How to Access or Retrieve your Data

   Part V:

  How to Work with Database Security

  How to Create Some Triggers and Stored Procedures to Automate Some of Your Database Tasks