Getting Started with CUBRID

This chapter contains useful information on starting CUBRID such as how to install and run CUBRID; also it provides instructions on how to use the CSQL Interpreter. This chapter also includes examples on how to write application programs using JDBC, PHP, ODBC and CCI, etc.

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Installing and running CUBRID
• Configuring environment variables and starting CUBRID service
• Using the CSQL Interpreter

For information about ports used by CUBRID, go to Installing and Running on Windows and see Configuring Environment section; for Linux, every configuration except for APPL_SERVER_PORT is same for Windows.

CUBRID provides various tools for you to use easily through GUI. You can download them from http://www.cubrid.org/downloads.

• CUBRID Query Browser: http://www.cubrid.org/wiki_tools/entry/cubrid-query-browser
• CUBRID Manager: http://www.cubrid.org/wiki_tools/entry/cubrid-manager
• CUBRID Web Manager: http://www.cubrid.org/wiki_tools/entry/cubrid-web-manager
• CUBRID Migration Toolkit: http://www.cubrid.org/wiki_tools/entry/cubrid-migration-toolkit

CUBRID also provides various drivers such as JDBC, CCI, PHP, PDO, ODBC, OLE DB, ADO.NET, Perl, Python, and Ruby (see API Reference).