Getting Set Up for Oracle and InterBase

Enough with the introductions—let's get to work. After you install your SQL engine or your ODBC-compatible compiler, you must do a certain amount of stage setting before the stars can do their stuff. With both Oracle8 and InterBase, you need to log on and create an account for yourself. The procedures are essentially the same. The hardest part is sorting through the hard copy and online documentation for the default passwords. Both systems have a default system administrator account (see Figure BD6.3).

Figure BD6.3. InterBase Security manager screen.

After logging on and creating an account, you are ready ...

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