Firebird
Supported
Relational databases
Catalog Firebird tables, views, columns, keys and procedures through Jaybird.
Capabilities
| Capability | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tables, views & columns | Supported | |
| Keys, constraints & indexes | Supported | |
| Procedures & functions | Partial | Procedure sources are available in RDB$PROCEDURES. |
| Data lineage | Partial | |
| Lineage from query history | Not available | |
| Business glossary links | Supported | |
| Data quality probes | Supported | |
| Data profiling | Supported | |
| Data classification | Supported | |
| Chat with your data | Supported |
Connection settings
Create the connection on the Blindata Agent from Settings > Agents > Connections with the connection wizard, choosing Firebird in the technology step.
| Driver class | org.firebirdsql.jdbc.FBDriver |
|---|---|
| JDBC URL | jdbc:firebirdsql://localhost:3050/mydb |
| Authentication |
Service principal (shared technical user) User principal (personal credentials, BYOC) Ephemeral credentials (asked at each run)
|
| Crawling strategy | JDBC |
The Blindata Agent does not include this driver: download the vendor JDBC driver and copy the .jar into the agent drivers folder, as described in
Add JDBC drivers.
Driver properties can be added under Advanced settings in the connection wizard.
Prerequisites & permissions
- A Blindata Agent installed with network access to Firebird.
- The vendor JDBC driver installed on the agent (see Add JDBC drivers).
- A user with read access to the
RDB$system tables.
Set up metadata crawling
- Create the connection to Firebird on the agent (see Connection settings) and use Test to verify it.
- Create or open the system that represents Firebird in the catalog and link it to the connection.
- In the CRAWLING tab add a crawling job with strategy JDBC.
- Run a TEST to check the number of extracted objects, then RUN or schedule the job.
The job options and the column aliases of every extraction query are described in the Generic JDBC reference.