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PDO_FIREBIRD-DSN(3)							 1						       PDO_FIREBIRD-DSN(3)

PDO_FIREBIRD DSN - Connecting to Firebird databases

	The PDO_FIREBIRD Data Source Name (DSN) is composed of the following elements:

	      o DSN prefix
		- The DSN prefix is firebird:.

	      o dbname - The name of the database.

	      o charset - The character set.

	      o role - The SQL role name.

       Example #1

	      PDO_FIREBIRD DSN example with path

	       The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to Firebird databases:

	      firebird:dbname=/path/to/DATABASE.FDB

       Example #2

	      PDO_FIREBIRD DSN example with port and path

	       The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to a Firebird database using hostname port and path:

	      firebird:dbname=hostname/port:/path/to/DATABASE.FDB

       Example #3

	      PDO_FIREBIRD DSN example with localhost and path to employee.fdb on Debian system

	       The following example shows a PDO_FIREBIRD DSN for connecting to a Firebird database employee.fdb using localhost:

	      firebird:dbname=localhost:/var/lib/firebird/2.5/data/employee.fdb

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