For more information about Firebird operations or SQL commands that it accepts, you can refer to the Interbase v6.0 beta manuals which can be linked to from the Firebird website at this page.

There are altogether 7 manuals and the information seems to have been quite reliable for Firebird 1.0. The Operations Guide and the Language Reference provided information for the original version of this HowTo.

[ Added by editor :: The release notes for all Firebird release versions must be included in your resource set. They are usually included with binary kits, although they may be missing from kits built outside the control of the project. You can always find them at the Download pages of the Firebird website. ]

The Firebird website contains many pointers to interesting articles related to the history of Firebird as well as several White Papers which may be interesting to technology managers.

The awesome IBPhoenix website has a large amount of reference information and links relating to Interbase and Firebird.

A detailed description of the Firebird User and Role based Security Model can be found in this document.

Helen Borrie, a member of the the Firebird Project Team (and fellow Kiwi ... kia ora Helen :-) has written The Firebird Book, at 1100+ pages, this hefty tome contains a huge amount of detail on the Firebird database and is an essential resource for anyone using Firebird in the real world. I don't have a copy of this book, but I did manage to thumb through a copy at Foyles bookshop in London, and I will definitely purchase it on my next UK trip!