Though not intended as a primary tutorial on SQL, this book will be useful to open-source database management system developers moving to Client/Server, second & third year computer science students and anyone studying IT at the university level. The opening chapter, "Boot Camp," gives the basics of installation, command line administration tools, and how to start and stop the server. Also covered are Firebird's Client/Server architecture, data types and domains, databases and objects, Firebird SQL, transactions, server programming and security tools. Appendices on network problems, interfaces, and a how-to on repairs round out the volume. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)