InterBase ODBC Driver for Aqua Data Studio Connection

Accessing the InterBase database can be fast and seamless by using the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) solution. Providing full interoperability, the ODBC driver for InterBase allows you to access live InterBase data directly from Aqua Data Studio. It enables you to retrieve data to Aqua Data Studio, and review and modify these data right in this application.

InterBase Key Features

Open source
Low memory leakage problem
Support for multiple table types
Platform Independent

Aqua Data Studio Key Features

Access to multiple data sources
Data export in diverse formats
User-friendly interfaces
Data governance and security

What are some reasons to choose Devart ODBC Driver for InterBase?

Integration

ODBC Driver for InterBase is compatible with Aqua Data Studio allowing extraction of data by executing SQL statements.

Platforms Variety

ODBC Driver for InterBase can be used with 32-bit and 64-bit applications on both x32 and x64 platforms, so there is no need to additionally configure the driver, applications, or environment.

Fully Unicode-Compliant Driver

With our fully Unicode-compliant driver, you can properly retrieve and modify any data in multilingual InterBase databases, regardless of their character set: Latin, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Chinese, etc., and in any language environment.

How to download, install, and configure ODBC Driver for InterBase?

Windows
macOS
Linux

Step 1. Download and install the driver

Download the driver. Run the installer and follow the instructions in the wizard. Open ODBC Data Sources. In the System DSN tab, click Add. Select the needed driver and click Finish.

Step 2. Activate the driver

In the License tab of the Configuration dialog, click Input Activation Key and enter your key. Click OK.

Step 3. Configure the Data Source Name (DSN)

In the General tab of the Configuration dialog, fill in the fields with the database connection data. To test the connectivity, click Test Connection. To save the DSN, click OK.

To install and configure ODBC Driver for InterBase on macOS, download first the PKG file from the Devart website. Run the downloaded file and follow the instructions in the wizard. After installing the driver, run the 64-bit or 86-bit iODBC utility, find the needed driver, and click Configure. In the dialog box that appears, specify the required connection settings and click OK. To establish a connection to the data source, click Test.

GUI installation on Ubuntu

Installation of an ODBC driver on Ubuntu is carried out from the DEB package. Download the package that matches the bitness of your operating system.

Then open the folder with the downloaded package, double-click the DEB package, and click Install.

Command-line installation on Ubuntu

Open the Terminal and install the driver by using the following command.

Installation on CentOS

If you use CentOC, you need to download the RPM package of the corresponding bitness.

After that, open the Konsole and navigate to the folder with the downloaded package specifying the path to the folder as a parameter of the cd command. Then, install the driver by using the following commands.

To install the devartodbcinterbase_i386.deb on a 32-bit system, use:

use sudo dpkg -i devartodbcinterbase_i386.deb

To install the devartodbcinterbase_amd64.deb on a 64-bit system, use:

sudo dpkg -i devartodbcinterbase_amd64.deb

For more detailed information about installing and configuring ODBC Driver for InterBase on Ubuntu, go to the documentation.

cd ~/Downloads/

To install the devart-odbc-interbase.i386.rpm on a 32-bit system, use:

sudo -rpm -ivh devart-odbc-interbase.i386.rpm

To install the devart-odbc-interbase.x86_64.rpm on a 64-bit system, use:

sudo rpm -ivh devart-odbc-interbase.x86_64.rpm

For more detailed information about installing and configuring ODBC Driver for InterBase on Centos, go to the documentation.

Advantages of Connectivity to InterBase from Aqua Data Studio via ODBC Driver

Secure Connection

Every operation with InterBase becomes significantly faster using such capabilities of our driver as local data caching, connection pooling, and much more.

Working with Aqua Data Studio using Multiple Functions

Using Aqua Data Studio, you can create tables, add data, select, delete, sort, edit, combine data from several database tables, and find unique values quickly and easily.

ODBC Conformance

The driver fully supports the ODBC interface, its data types, and functions. It offers advanced connection string parameters and allows any ODBC-compliant desktop or web application to connect to InterBase from Aqua Data Studio on various platforms.

Simple SQL Querying on Aqua Data Studio Files

Aqua Data Studio processes SQL through its SQL dialect. Using ODBC connection, it is simple to execute different SQL queries to retrieve entire tables or specific columns from Excel, filter data, format data, numbers, etc.

Cost-Effective Deployment

Installing the driver is easy with the standalone installation file. There is no need in deploying and configuring any additional software which results in a reduction in deployment costs.

Sharing Your Data with Aqua Data Studio

You can share your data with other users in Aqua Data Studio quickly and easily. Upload your Aqua Data Studio data to the SharePoint lists so that it can be available for you and others to use to create reports, data models, dashboards, etc.