I have a problem and I can not connect to my .IB (Interbase) database with firebird.
The case is that I have downloaded firebird 3.0 and I do not know how to connect to the interbase database I have.
Do I need any more software?
Normally in my previous configuration I had the Interbase server and used the Ibconsole for the theme of the tables and so on.
Is there any way to do this with firebird?
Firebird cannot open Interbase database. The only exception is Interbase 6 databases (and maybe some older versions).
Firebird was forked +/- 18 years ago from Interbase 6 (which was opensourced for a short time), since then it has diverged, and Firebird can no longer read Interbase databases, nor can Interbase - as far as I am aware - read Firebird databases more recent than Firebird 1 (or maybe 1.5); and it is entirely possible that ability has been removed in recent Interbase versions (just like Firebird 3 cannot read databases from earlier Firebird versions).
The only real option you have is to recreate the database structure in a new Firebird database, and then move the data using a datapump tool, or a custom script.